Chesterfield woman cons co-workers out of thousands of dollars by pretending daughter had cancer
photo credit: Chesterfield police via WFSB A woman in Chesterfield, Virginia pretended that her daughter had terminal cancer in order to collect donations. Katie H. Patterson, 26, defrauded her co-workers into donating over $2,000 by telling them that her 4 year old was dying from Leukemia. She told her co-workers that the money would go toward doctor visits, medication and food. A friend of one of Patterson's co-workers began to suspect that something was off when she saw the 4 year old in public. "Since she was familiar with what was reported she knew the little girl should be very sick and ill. She didn't look that way, she looked pretty healthy, so she started to get suspicious." - Chesterfield police statement Patterson was confronted and she then admitted that the four year old was not sick. She made up the story because she was dealing with financial difficulties. When she started the lie, the whole thing snowballed. Patterson then quit her job. A...