Disgraced nurse, 35, who faked cancer and muscular dystrophy so she could rip off donors and go on trips for disabled people pleads guilty to fraud
Sarah Delashmit, 35, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges on Tuesday. She was accused of pretending to have breast cancer and muscular dystrophy to get money and be sent on free trips designed for disabled people in an elaborate years-long scam An Illinois woman who pretended to have breast cancer and muscular dystrophy to get money and be sent on free trips designed for disabled people has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges. Sarah Delashmit, a 35-year-old former nurse from Highland, entered her plea on four felony counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud on Tuesday in US District Court of Southern Illinois. Delashmit was indicted in March of this year after authorities exposed her elaborate years-long scheme to defraud two non-profit organizations by feigning serious health issues. Beginning in 2015, Delashmit claimed she had been diagnosed muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy so she could attend a charity camp for disabled people in Texas called Camp Su