A St Joseph woman is in jail after police and hospital officials claim she raised charitable donations with a bogus cancer diagnosis.
Police say she used a forged document to claim her daughter had cancer to solicit money and other donations to help pay for cancer treatment.
Family members say the daughter is fine, and does not have cancer.
Arraignment is scheduled Tuesday in Buchanan County Court for 35-year-old Carrie Campbell, who faces one count of class-c felony forgery. She’s currently being held under $35 thousand bond.
St Joseph Police Captain Kevin Castle says the department received a call from an officials with Children’s Mercy Hospital June 1, reporting that Campbell was soliciting money and other donations to benefit her 17-year-old daughter, who she claimed was suffering from a rare form of cancer. There have been numerous fundraisers set up, and even a benefit golf tournament, which has now been cancelled.
The daughter reportedly had a hand in the scam, handing out fliers and such, but has not been charged with a crime.
Police are not releasing how much money the family received in donations, but they say they will try to return all the money.