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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

It is Tuesday, November 5th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, a Chester County woman is accused of pretending to have cancer, impersonating a doctor and nurse in lying about her own father dying in an elaborate scheme

to steal thousands of dollars from donors on GoFundMeet and Facebook.

What a lunatic. There are so many details to this story, so you can stop me or tell me to move on

whenever you want. 32-year-old Jessica Cornell Smith of Eucland Township was arrested Monday in charge with

theft by deception, false impression, and receiving stolen property.

Earlier this year, Smith created a GoFundMe account and Facebook page claiming that she was

diagnosed with hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer and was receiving treatment from oncology

specialists at Abraham Cancer Center at

the hospital at the University of Pennsylvania. The actual name of the facility is Abramsum Cancer

Center. So she got that wrong. Through her pages, Smith claimed that she was facing tremendous medical

bills, travel costs and other payments related to child care and missed work. She also said her insurance

coverage held a $15,000 deductible. Smith managed to raise over $10,000. and other payments related to child care and missed work. She also said her insurance coverage

held a $15,000 deductible. Smith managed to raise over $10,000 through her fundraisers,

which she deposited to her TD bank accounts, investigators said. But with the increased donations

also came, you know, people were skeptic about it. So NBC10 had an exclusive story yesterday

and spoke to a high school friend of Smith.

She was very vague about her diagnosis and treatment and really suggestive photos like a selfie on the bathroom floor, about to give up on life, but also donate to my GoFundMe page, Terry Coleman said.

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