An Alabama woman was jailed on Friday for stealing at least $US38,000 (NZ$54,000) by portraying herself as a terminal cancer patient in a pair of online fundraising schemes.
Jennifer Flynn Cataldo, 37, was charged with two counts of theft by deception, according to a statement from the Alabama lawyer general's office. Bond was set at $100,000.
Cataldo did not yet have a lawyer to speak on her behalf, court records showed.
Cataldo was accused of using two GoFundMe drives to solicit money for medical bills and a family trip to Disney.
While the campaigns portrayed Cataldo as someone with a terminal case of cancer, authorities said an investigation showed that wasn't true.
GoFundMe said such cases were rare and donors would get their money back.