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Texas prom queen who collected $17G arrested in fake cancer scam
HORIZON CITY, Texas – A Texas prom queen who raised more than $17,000 after telling classmates she was dying of cancer was arrested and charged with theft-by-deception.
Angie Gomez, 19, told her family, friends and fiance in January 2011 that she had six months to live after battling leukemia since childhood.
The Horizon City teen set up her own charity foundation, called "Achieve the Dream," and raised $17,000 from fundraisers, checks, gift cards and in-kind donations, the El Paso Times reported.
Gomez claimed that her condition caused her to miss her senior prom, and so Da Vinci High School held another in her honor in June 2011 -- the same month police received a complaint that Gomez did not appear to be ill.
A long-running investigation revealed that the hospitals Gomez said had treated her held no record of her as a patient.
She was finally held Friday at her place of work after a warrant was issued, Detective Liliana Medina said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/2...-collecting-17000-in-donations/#ixzz1st3hR3hG
Texas prom queen who collected $17G arrested in fake cancer scam
HORIZON CITY, Texas – A Texas prom queen who raised more than $17,000 after telling classmates she was dying of cancer was arrested and charged with theft-by-deception.
Angie Gomez, 19, told her family, friends and fiance in January 2011 that she had six months to live after battling leukemia since childhood.
The Horizon City teen set up her own charity foundation, called "Achieve the Dream," and raised $17,000 from fundraisers, checks, gift cards and in-kind donations, the El Paso Times reported.
Gomez claimed that her condition caused her to miss her senior prom, and so Da Vinci High School held another in her honor in June 2011 -- the same month police received a complaint that Gomez did not appear to be ill.
A long-running investigation revealed that the hospitals Gomez said had treated her held no record of her as a patient.
She was finally held Friday at her place of work after a warrant was issued, Detective Liliana Medina said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/2...-collecting-17000-in-donations/#ixzz1st3hR3hG
