Auburn woman arrested in fake cancer scheme

Auburn woman arrested in fake cancer scheme

Wire fraud and social security fraud are the charges -- but the crime is much worse.

According to a federal indictment, 51 year old Julie Ann Dahlquist of Auburn faked having cancer, and she took that lie right next door and told her neighbor she was dying. She said she didn't have health insurance, and without his help, she wouldn't survive.

Her neighbor was a 78-year-old man, described by others as "the nicest person on earth," someone who had worked very hard his whole life to save for retirement and for the generations that would follow. But now much of that savings is drained.

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"This gal came to him and said, I'm dying," the victim's son explained. "He said I can't let this happen if I can fix it. Unfortunately, he's still back from the old school where a handshake or a conversation meant something. He's guilty of having a kind heart is what he is." The family says he's so devastated and embarrassed; they don't want their identities known.

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