Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Story continues below Jessica Vega ... pretended to have cancer so she could have her dream wedding. Yet when two teachers and a school administrator came forward this week to claim the prize, McDonald's worker Wilson was exposed as a fraud . Steve...
The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
Touched by the story of New York bride-to-be Jessica Vega, more than a dozen people donated gifts, services and cash for her wedding to Michael O'Connell when she revealed she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Vega, formerly of Montgomery, is now...
CNN
| 1 year ago
A New York woman is facing multiple fraud and larceny charges for allegedly pretending she had terminal cancer to get thousands of dollars from sympathetic donors to pay for an over-the-top wedding and honeymoon, according to a court statement...
The New Zealand Herald
| 1 year ago
They acted quickly, too, because the bride was dying of cancer...Vega was arrested in Virginia on April 3, extradited to New York and arraigned Friday...A call to the Legal Aid group that represented her was not immediately returned. Among the...
Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
The reception was attended by 60 family and friends who had all give money to the tragic cause along with many strangers who read about Vega's plight in their town newspaper in Newburgh, around 75 miles from New York City. Friends donated everything...
Fox
| 1 year ago
N.Y. Authorities say a former New York woman pretended to have terminal cancer so she could have a lavish wedding reception and honeymoon. The Times Herald-Record reports an Orange County Grand jury has indicted 25-year-old Jessica Vega, a former...
AP Online
| 1 year ago
N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a former New York woman pretended to have terminal cancer so she could have lavish wedding reception and honeymoon.
The Times Herald-Record reports (http://bit.ly/Hy08wo ) an Orange County Grand jury has...
