A Japanese woman aged 26 was arrested and charged with raising some $16,000 dollars to allegedly pay medical bills for a dog that had already died.
Kanna Sudo was arrested on January 13 and charged with attempted fraud, as reported by Yahoo.
Sudo, who is unemployed, confessed this week to the Nara prefectural police department that she started a campaign to raise funds to recover the medical expenses of a dog who had already died.
Sudo’s dog died in August. However, Sudo made at least three social media posts between October 29 and 13 from December of last year, stating that she still had hope that her dog would overcome the disease and therefore needed more donations.
Sudo admitted running the scam to earn enough money to cover the costs of his dog’s vet bills before he died, but continued to ask for money after he passed away. The fraud only came to light in January after an anonymous informer alerted the local police.
The dog named Toi-kun was suffering from a critical heart problem. The owner also posted pictures of the puppy and scans of his medical records.
“Toi has serious heart disease. I don’t want to give up because I don’t have enough money,” Sudo wrote on the Readyfor fundraising page.
“Of course, all the support we receive during the rest of the fundraising period will be used for the Toi’s medical expenses. If the treatment costs listed above do not exceed the amount they have given, we will use the rest for future veterinary exams and medicine for Toi”, Sudo added in the Readyfor post.
The fundraiser offered give people various donation levels, the lowest being 500 Japanese yen ($4.30 dollars) and the highest level 500,000 Japanese yen ($4,367 dollars).
At the time of publication, the fundraiser had been supported by 407 persons in the amount of 1,844,500 Japanese yen (or $16,112 Dollars). Now, the fundraiser has been canceled and is no longer accepting new donations.
Readyfor has not disclosed whether the money will be refunded to donors.
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