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

[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.