ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A woman who traveled the lecture circuit with her account of being raped and infected with AIDS as a child has been charged with defrauding the state of Pennsylvania of $66,000 by falsely claiming to have the disease.

Cassey Weierbach, 27, was arraigned Friday on charges of theft by deception, forgery, tampering with records and making false statements.

She has told her story for years to news reporters, churches, youth groups and medical conferences. But in June, The Morning Call newspaper of Allentown published a story in which a pastor accused Weierbach of duping her congregation.


Arrest records state that Weierbach used fabricated laboratory records to indicate she had AIDS so she could receive medical benefits in 2003.

She also provided false information in 2004 and 2005 to at least three area doctors, one of whom became suspicious after Weierbach refused AIDS medications, according to an affidavit.

Weierbach, free on $25,000 bail, did not have a listed telephone, and it was unclear whether she had a lawyer.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13707780/

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This seems stupid to me. Faking having a deadly disese just to get money.
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I feel sorry for the people who actually work for their money.

ADS is a serious illness! The facet that some manipulative juke would use it to take advantage of others really makes my blood boil!

Well thats how pathetic people are, the bail for that should be afew million, our law system sucks alot, we need to make the prisions miserable and for rapists and child molesters the death penatly should be the only choice, and if the victim lies, same deal.

Well there are two ways to get money and she did it the wrong way.
I truly have pity on her stupidity.

Shoot her up with infected blood. Then she'll no longer be lying.

This actually makes a lot of sense.

That's not a bad idea.

Why injection. She claimed she was raped and was infected, make her a prophet. Make sure the guy has ghonnasyphaherpales to boot.

Its sad that she lied about something that serious. Maby she was really afraid of getting raped so she said she had aids.

No. She did it to get health insurance benifits.

At least they caught her...

Haha. Couldn't help but laugh at that!

Wow-what a stupid girl. Now she'll go to prison cuz I don't know if alot of you realize this-but she's commited a major felony crime. She could and probably will do prison time. Serves her right!! Maybe she'll actually be raped and infected with AIDS by someone in prison that has them. Plus she'll be sued by the state and if she ever needs state benifits like for her kids if she ever has any then they won't cuz she'll owe so much in back pay. A lazy iditot is what she is. She should get out and work for the money. Even being a bum would be better than lying and saying you have AIDS.

Didnt really think about the part where you actually start to die ?

If your going to fake a disease to get benefits, then at least fake one that isnt perpetually degenerative. There comes a point where someone is going to notice you arent any worse off then 3 years ago.

she clearly does not believe in Karma, you say something that bad it'll eventually bit you on the ass!

^ Yes very true!! I can just imagine when she was 12 and her mom says 'wait till 4 yrs. from now and your a$$ will be getting a job'. And the girl is thinking and says' No way, I know what I'm gonna do,live a full normal healthy life while pretending to have AIDS to screw the state and taxpayers over'. If she has been doing this since a teenager, then obvisouly her parents or gaurdians knew about it and was part of it. They should be charged as well.

ya im pissed

-waves my pitchfork in the air-

i agree with people earlier in the post who said that they would infect her with aids but i would throw her on an island to die or keep her alive as long as possible so she feels all the pain and get her really sick and every one laughs at her cuse they get to throw old tomatos at her for a buck a tomato the money goes to the aids research but she dosent get any medication and she relizees that shes a b**** and cant get away from doing real work to get money but wait she cant cuse shes gunna die so serves her right 4 lien

shame on her indeed. maybe she has her own reasons why she can't/won't find work. who knows? but having AIDS ugh...

prob cuse shes a lazy money reducing agent who thinks shes better than everyone and got what was commin to her B*t*h!!