Embezzler Faked Cancer Diagnosis to Get Dallas Judge to Delay Her Prison Stay, Feds Say

Kassie Carpenter's situation went from bad to worse. Having been convicted of wire fraud for embezzling from her Irving employer, she learned she would have to immediately undergo a hysterectomy and bladder surgery. Just five months later, Carpenter claimed to have been diagnosed with stomach cancer. Her prison reporting date was extended again, and again. Until the delay stretched into a year and a half.  Continue reading...