Criminal Justice
Woman Who Faked Cancer and Raised $30K Will Get Probation
A 29-year-old Colorado woman whose lies about having cancer prompted friends and family to help her raise $30,000 for treatment has pleaded guilty to felony charitable fraud.
Tausha Marsh—a one-time Western State College volleyball athlete—was reported to authorities after donors began to suspect the she’d been lying about her illness, the Denver Post reports.
Her sentencing is set for April, but the La Plata County prosecutor handling the case told the paper that Marsh will receive four years of supervised probation. And she will repay donors.
Marsh reportedly told police that the fundraising began without her consent and she didn’t want the money.
