Sara Ylen
Sara Ylen is an American woman from Michigan who has acknowledged falsely claiming to be suffering from cancer.[1][2][3] She has also been convicted of falsely claiming she was raped, in 2001. The man she accused spent nine years in jail before his conviction was overturned on appeal.
Ylen was the beneficiary of local charities, who raised funds on her behalf.[1] Neighbors donated food, services, goods. Public health nurses regularly administered opiates, to help her cope with non-existent cancer pain. Blue Cross is seeking over $121,422.32.
Ylen claimed that her cervical cancer was triggered by the rape she claimed she was a victim of in 2001.[2] In 2012 Ylen accused two more men of rape. The man she accused of raping her in 2001 was convicted in 2003, and released after his appeal triggered a new trial where he was acquitted.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beth LeBlanc (2014-01-13). "Ylen pleads no contest: Lexington woman accused of faking cancer to be sentenced Feb. 19". Lexington Times Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimesherald.com%2Farticle%2F20140113%2FNEWS01%2F301130031&date=2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-14. "Obtaining more than $20,000 in services because of false pretenses is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, said Sanilac County Circuit Judge Donald Teeple. Healthcare fraud is punishable by up to four years."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ed White (2014-01-13). "Sara Ylen Pleads No Contest In Cancer Scam". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/sara-ylen_n_4591776.html. Retrieved 2014-01-14. "Ylen, 38, of Lexington claimed she developed cervical cancer from a sexual assault in 2001 and was regularly treated at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion, Ill. But Mercy Hospice cut her off in 2011 when tests showed her life wasn't in peril. By then, her insurer had paid about $100,000 for the service. The cancer hospital also said it had no record of her as a patient."
- ↑ "Ylen pleads no contest to two charges in fake cancer case". Lexington Times Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimesherald.com%2Farticle%2F20140113%2FNEWS05%2F140113004%2FYlen-pleads-no-contest-two-charges-fake-cancer-case-&date=2014-01-14. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
