Woman faked cancer to defraud dad of $60k

Police say a Louisville woman faked cancer to defraud her ill, elderly father of nearly $60,000.

Jamie Miller, 37, was arrested Sunday. She is charged with one count each of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, knowingly exploiting an adult resulting in a loss of over $300 and theft by deception of at least $10,000.

Miller exploited her 63-year-old father and stole approximately $59,000 from him from August 2012 through December 2013, according to an arrest warrant. Miller's father has suffered multiple strokes, and because of his poor health trusted Miller to help manage his finances.

To deceive her father, Miller pretended she was sick with cancer and in need of money for treatment, the warrant said. She used her father's debit card to access his bank account and take money for her personal use, and forged and cashed 16 checks belonging to her father without his knowledge. Miller also secretly obtained Social Security disability benefits in her father's name and failed to disclose that he was already receiving unemployment benefits from his workplace.

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