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Bride Fakes Cancer For Big Wedding

In this April 8, 2010, photo, Jessica Vega, right, tries on the wedding gown at Bella Coutre, in Newburg, N.Y. At left, her friend, Kourtney Currier, holds Vega’s 11-month-old daughter, Ava O’Connell, while Lorenza Martelli works on the dress. The New York state attorney general’s office on Tuesday announced that Vega, 25, has been indicted on charges of fraud and grand larceny for getting her “dream wedding” by falsely claiming she was dying of leukemia. Story here. (AP Photo/Times Herald-Record, Jeff Goulding)

Question: This kind of scam is among worst b/c it fuels skepticism in charitable Americans toward other worthy causes and individuals. What do you think?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog