A woman invented that she had cancer to generate grief among the people of his community and thus be able to raise money to spend on rumbas.
Although it seems totally crazy, it is becoming more and more common to see the news and find unscrupulous people around the world who often use situations of apparent health seriousness or that generate an impact on others, to swindle them. For example, recently the story of a millionaire couple pretended to be poor to receive a COVID vaccine.
This unfortunate behavior became the daily bread and this time, it has as its protagonist a young woman who decided to deceive several churches, friends, family and other members of her community, telling them that she was suffering from a terrible cancer and that, of course, she needed money to pay for medical treatment.
Woman invented that she had cancer to raise money and managed to fool many people
Katie Lynn Shellhorse, a 22-year-old mother of two, had the idea of reassuring people in Polk County, Minnesota, in the United States, that she had cancer and did not have the funds to pay for treatment. To create the feeling and appearance of receiving chemotherapy, the young woman shaved her head several times.
Katie asked for help from her close circle and even used social networks to ask for donations, with which she quickly managed to collect at least 15 thousand dollars (about 56 million Colombian pesos). When her plan seemed to be going great, a relative of hers ended up realizing this twisted deception and she decided to notify the authorities.
The most complicated part of the story is that once the investigations began, it was discovered that Shellhorse spent the fraudulently collected money on alcohol, marijuana and parties. After knowing the details of the deception, the family of the person involved released a statement in which they said that: “We had no prior knowledge of her plan to misdirect us and we will not defend her. We are deeply saddened that our community has been misled. We pray for all those affected and believe that justice will be served.”
Now, Katie Lynn Shellhorse is facing charges for suspicion of robbery by deception, for which he could receive a sentence of one year in prison.
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