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Arizona woman faked cancer to raise money for breast implants [shorties]

Mihai Andrei by Mihai Andrei
May 5, 2012
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When J.T. told family and friends she needed money for an important breast surgery, they though she needed a double mastectomy – because that’s what she told them. Instead, she just went ahead, cashed in, and bought the implants.

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Her lies began to unravel when a kindhearted doctor offered to perform the surgery for free, and she refused.A police spokesman said,

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“Her medical records indicated that there was no breast cancer or anything like that, no issues whatsoever.”

Now I agree, this has very little to do with science, and I ask you to bear with me, but I just though this has to be shared. Asking for money, claiming you have cancer, just to pay for breast implants… that just tells you a lot about today’s society, doesn’t it?

Mihai Andrei

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