Posted on 09/02/2010 8:35:55 AM PDT by Immerito
DENVER -- A former Gunnison, Colo., woman who claimed she had cancer and raised more than $30,000 from well-intentioned donors has pleaded guilty to carrying out a charitable fraud scheme and will spend more than a month in jail.
Tausha Marsh, 30, must also repay the money people sent to her and send them handwritten apologies.
Marsh graduated from Western State College in Gunnison in May 2004. Soon after, she told a friend she had bone cancer in her tailbone. Then, in 2007, she told the same friend the bone cancer had nearly disappeared, but she had developed cervical cancer.
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She should have just claimed she had won a Purple Heart. The 9th Circuit would have backed her up.
She should appeal. If you can lie about being a highly decorated Vietnam war vet and potentially get jobs based upon that then a woman can lie about having an illness.
I predict a South Park episode involving the bunco cancer victim, Randy and Stan Marsh.
...I have Government cancer and that needs LOTS of money (and sacred honor) to operate on.
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She will make a lot of money when she gets out! MTV, Big Brother, JerseyShore, Survivor....REALITY TV LOVES SCUMBAGS!!!
Jersey Shore is a cut above the rest. If you’re attentive, you’ll be rewarded with rare wit, especially when the focus is on The Situation.
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