Police allege ‘devious and cruel scheme’ caused significant and serious psychological harm to the 6-year-old child and his sibling
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The parents of a six-year-old boy have been accused of faking his cancer diagnosis, including shaving his head and eyebrows, to raise money for bogus treatment.
The man and woman, both aged 44, have been charged with criminal neglect and deception, accused of fraudulently raising $60,000 after putting their son in a wheelchair with bandages to imitate radiotherapy treatment.
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