Florida woman accused of faking cancer to scam hundreds out of $40K, police say

A Florida woman was arrested after authorities said she falsely claimed to have cancer and scammed more than 200 people out of more than $40,000 to pay off personal debts. Maribeth Ellen Jones, 51, of Bonita Springs, has been charged with grand theft between $20,000 and $100,000. She turned herself in at the Naples Jail Center this week after detectives obtained a warrant for her arrest on the second-degree felony charge, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. Jones, who worked as an