A fraudster pretended to be a doctor and told people she had lost a twin to cancer in order to steal from a bereavement charity. Stephanie Jones, 30, defrauded the charity by making up an identity of a counsellor and sending false invoices to the charity for sessions which never happened.
The family of a murdered girl had to be contacted by police to check if they had received counselling as Jones had claimed, Caernarfon Crown Court heard. In total, it was found Jones had submitted 19 false invoices netting her £3,570 over nine months.
A judge said her behaviour was "vile, unthinkable and despicable" and she was branded a "chronic liar".
