100 months in prison for mom who faked kidnapping
The Bucks County woman who defrauded her boss and a relative and reported a fake kidnapping has been sentenced to 100 months in prison.
Bonnie Sweeten will be given credit for the year and a half she’s been in federal custody, Action News reports.
Authorities launched a national search in 2009 when Sweeten called to say she and her daugher had been kidnapped. They were actually in Disney World.
Sweeten said she wanted the money she stole for fertility treatments and an upscale home.
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