Fraud Victims Tell Why They Gave Money

The victims of a dispatcher’s cancer fraud have spoken to a local Napa County (N. Calif.) reporter, explaining why they gave money to Dannille Vanderpool, who claimed to have had breast cancer. Over a two-year period, the county district attorney figures Vanderpool collected at least $50,000 from fellow dispatchers, sheriff’s deputies, companies and other residents of the county. After co-workers became suspicious, an investigation revealed that Vanderpool does not have cancer. Her attorney says she suffers from mental illness, and that money was never the reason for her behavior. Read the latest update here.