woman faked cancer diagnosis to get donations for wedding

[Amby 490]

A New York bride whose entire wedding was paid for by well-wishers who believed she had terminal cancer faked her illness, the woman's husband alleges.

Michael O'Connell claims his wife, Jessica Vega, pretended to have terminal leukemia in order to cash in on donations from strangers and family members who helped pay for everything from the bridal gown to the couple's honeymoon, RecordOnline.com reports.

The couple, both 23, were featured in an April 26 Times Herald-Record article about strangers who had come together to pay for their dream wedding while Vega was still well enough to walk down the aisle.

The couple's entire wedding was paid for by well-wishers, the newspaper reported, and O'Connell and Vega used donations for a honeymoon in Aruba, where they stayed in a donated time share.

O'Connell, who believed that his wife was terminally ill, is now claiming that a letter from her doctor explaining her condition is a fake, the newspaper reports.

O'Connell said he called the office of Dr. Dan Costin -- the doctor named in the letter -- and was told that no person with his wife’s name was ever a patient of Costin's, according to the newspaper.

Vega, meanwhile, reportedly denies lying about her diagnosis.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/06/ny-bride-faked-terminal-illness-scam-wedding-donations-husband-claims/

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

someone's going to jail!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Someone is a low down dirty snake.

[trillium13 84]

More details here. Big CF.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100906/NEWS/9060333

[Danno 1,228]

Awwe, who hasn't done this at some point?

[natty bumppo 297]

someone's going to jail!

p.t. barnum lives .....

[Captain Oates 911]

Before I came to the US I would have said that she should repay the money and try and behave better in future.

Now I say she should be waterboarded 183 times in a month and then thrown into a top security cage with 2 dozen violent sex offenders, all of whom have AIDS

Barbarism is infectious too it seems...