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Kimberlie Gustwiller is set to appear in a Wood County Courtroom Monday morning on a charge of felony theft.

Investigators say the single mother-of-five claimed to have stage four non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, prompting friends and family members to hold fundraisers to help pay for her treatment.

But after multiple tips, police in North Baltimore discovered her illness was a lie.

She is currently free on bond.

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