TELEVISION NEWS REPORTS INDICATE AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED 39 YEAR OLD BRANDI HAMMERS WITH DEFRAUDING PEOPLE OUT OF MONEY FOR AN ILLNESS THAT SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE HAD. HAMMERS IS CHARGED WITH SETTING UP FUNDRAISERS ON FACEBOOK AND GO FUND ME, ALONG WITH AN IN PERSON FUND RAISER IN JOHNSTOWN LAST NOVEMBER. HAMMERS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE 3 STOMACH CANCER. SHE ALSO REPORTED BEING TREATED AT THE HILLMAN CANCER CENTER, NEITHER OF WHICH TIURNED OUT TO BE TRUE. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF INVESTIGATING, POLICE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CANCER OR TREATMENT FOR HAMMERS. SHE IS CHARGED WITH THEFT BY DECEPTION AND DEALING IN PROCEEDS FROM UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES.
