That’s why I really do not get it why some people can fake having cancer. But for some people, if they can get away with, with money (of course!), they do not even have a guilt to pretending to it.

Like this story:

A former Washington state social worker has been accused of faking brain cancer to avoid work. Theft charges were filed Tuesday against Sandra Dee Martinez, 40, formerly of Mountlake Terrace, who was employed by the Department of Social and Health Services in Arlington.

According to investigators, Martinez presented fake letters that appeared to be from doctors saying she had malignant brain tumors. Prosecutors wrote that she received $21,000 worth of paid leave and took advantage of sick days donated by co-workers last year.

It’s just freakin’ irritating. Cancer isn’t a joke! And those who “joke” about cancer just so they’ll get money out of it…there is such a thing as bad karma, you know? You may be able to run now, you just cannot hide.

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On Faking Cancer

Apparently, some people can do it just for the money, as in the case of a West Jordan couple – James Clark and Tania Clark:

In 2001, Tania Clark, now 34, wrote an emotional letter to her husband’s supervisors at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency describing her struggle with cancer.

Based on her plea to be closer to loved ones and a letter purportedly from a Texas doctor, the DEA paid $47,806 to move the Clarks from Houston to West Jordan.

Once in Utah, Tania Clark collected thousands of dollars from donations and fundraisers by pretending to need a bone marrow transplant. Some of the donors were her children’s classmates.

But then no lie can be kept hidden forever. Now, the couple have been proven frauds and will have to repay the federal government $60, 000 for moving their family to Utah from Texas after the wife pretended to have cancer and the DEA agent husband asked for a transfer.

Read the full story here.

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West Jordan Couple: Busted for Faking Cancer