Jessica Smith of Chester Springs received probation and was ordered Tuesday to pay restitution while attending the county's mental health program.
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Police said Smith collected $12,000 through GoFundMe and Facebook claiming she needed money for medical bills and treatment for her fake ailment.
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On a separate occasion, police said she submitted a letter to the Department of Children, Youth, & Families (CYF) that was supposedly signed by a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia doctor.
Smith's husband and a friend tipped off Uwchlan Township police to the scam.
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Police said both were aware Smith did not have Hereditary Non-Polypsis Colorectal Cancer and was not being treated at Abramson Cancer Center, which she had claimed.
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Police recovered bank records showing deposits from PayPal and medical records that did not indicate a cancer diagnosis.
Smith was sentenced to three years of probation, admitted to the County's Mental Health Protocol Program (MHP), and is required to return $4,375 to GoFundMe and $8,311 to Facebook for the theft by deception charge.
She was sentenced to one year probation for the forgery charge.