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Texas teen charged with false cancer claim

By 박한나

Published : April 23, 2012 - 10:39

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A Texas teenager was arrested for allegedly conning folks in the El Paso area with a false story about battling cancer.

Angie Gomez, 19, Horizon City, was indicted by an El Paso County grand jury on theft-by-deception for allegedly accepting about $17,000 in donations based on claims she had been stricken with leukemia.

She was locked up Friday on $50,000 bond.

Gomez had told her high school classmates last year that she had been given six months to live. The revelation was the basis of various fundraisers, including one that bankrolled her attendance at her senior prom, and the establishment of a foundation to assist cancer patients, the El Paso (Texas) Times said.

After six months, however, police received a tip that Gomez was not only still alive but did not even appear to be sick. An investigation turned up no evidence the girl ever has cancer, the newspaper said. (UPI)

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10대女 “나 암걸렸어...” 거짓말해 2천만원 기부금 받아

미국 텍사스의 한 십대 소녀가 암투병 중이라고 친구들을 속여 기부금을 받은 혐의로 체포됐다.

앤지 고메즈(19)는 재학하고 있는 고등학교 학생들에게 자신이 백혈병을 앓고 있다고 말해 약 1만 7천 달러(약 1,937만원) 의 기부금을 받아 사기 혐의로 기소됐다.

이 사건의 전말은 졸업 파티에 참가하는데 대한 재정 지원과 암환자들을 위한 재단을 설립 등 여러 모금행사와 지원을 통해 공개됐다.

고메즈는 지난해 친구들에게 살 수 있는 날이 6개월 밖에 남지 않았다고 말했지만 경찰은 6개월이 지난 후에도 고메즈가 건강했으며 투병하고 있다는 어떠한 증거도 찾지 못했다.

고메즈에게는 지난 금요일 5만 달러 보석금이 책정됐다.

 

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