A Chula Vista woman admitted to forging doctor’s notes that said she had endometrial cancer so she could dodge prison time for another fraud conviction, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.
Two weeks later, another forged letter from the same doctor said Chavez's cancer"has in fact metastasized affecting the lymph nodes … I recommend a different approach to her sentencing," according to prosecutors.
Chavez was never diagnosed with or treated for cancer, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Though she was at one point a patient of one of the doctors she forged notes from, both denied writing letters on her behalf. On Friday, Chavez pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and admitted to faking the cancer diagnosis and forging doctor's notes.
“The defendant went to great lengths to avoid reporting to prison for her prior fraud conviction by faking doctor’s notes claiming she had cancer – an insult to cancer patients everywhere,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Stacey Moy. “May today’s guilty plea finally put an end to this odyssey to obstruct justice which, in the end, will only add additional time to her sentence.
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