Mom Faked Toddler's Cancer, Let Him Have Opioids and Raised $40,000 on His Behalf

[Blue_Tires]

Source: TIME

(CINCINNATI) — A woman has been accused of pretending to be a doctor and falsely claiming her preschool-age son had terminal cancer so he could receive unnecessary hospital care and opioids.

A Hamilton County prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday at the trial of Monika Burgett that she convinced doctors at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center that she was a doctor while they cared for her 3-year-old son.

Assistant prosecutor Anne Flanagan said Burgett also used the GoFundMe fundraising website to raise $40,000 on her son's behalf. Flanagan said Burgett had the boy's eyebrows and head shaved and then took photos of him to post on the site.

GoFundMe will issue refunds to people who gave money to Burgett if it turns out she misused the fundraising campaign and scammed them, a site spokesman said.

Read more: http://time.com/4895911/mother-faked-sons-cancer-go-fund-me

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um... yeah...

This woman is fucking sick and dare I say, evil.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Munchausen's by proxy syndrome?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome_by_proxy

[LisaL]

7. Goal of Munchausen by proxy is to get attention, not money.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. This article says it was both fraud and Munchausen's.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/08/09/how-abuse-suspicions-2-states-took-year-lead-charges/552382001/

[Doug the Dem]

2. Ah, the hands-on type of parenting we just don't see anymore

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. Prison period

[Equinox Moon]

4. that little one needs a new mom

[keithbvadu2]

5. I was expecting that she was stealing the opioids but that does not show.

I was expecting that she was stealing the opioids but that does not show.

[mr_lebowski]

10. You mean the article doesn't say that? I'd bet she surely did ... either for her, or to sell ...

Kinda ingenious little scheme, I'll give her that. Evil, no doubt ... but ... pretty clever and took some balls, so to speak.

I wonder how much unnecessary treatment the kid got esp. what harmful meds he was given. How does a HOSPITAL get 'taken' like this though?

[Blue_Tires]

11. I think it's the old issue of

"The worse you've been duped, the less likely you are to speak out"...

I'm pretty sure some people knew earlier, but they weren't going to rock the boat...

[Liberalagogo]

6. "This woman is fucking sick and dare I say, evil."

So which post is she going to taking over in the RUMP admin?

[Initech]

9. My pick for "worst person of the week" easily.

To put it in Trump's words: JAIL TIME!