Prosecutors said she dropped out of school in the sixth grade, was agoraphobic, celebrity-obsessed and lived her life online

After serving her 18-month sentence, Chartier will be extradited to Colorado to face further and more serious charges

Andersen was then investigated by police, who finally unraveled the plot

When the pair actually met and had sex, she posed as the girl's mother and threatened to go to the police and file rape charges

Chartier would then relay the messages and pictures to each of them

She posed as both Andersen and the girl to communicate with the two

Shelly Chartier, 31, impersonated Miami Heat star Chris 'Birdman' Andersen online and set him up with a 17-year-old Californian girl

A Canadian woman has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for orchestrating an incredible catfishing scheme in an attempt to extort money from numerous victims in North America, including Miami Heat star Chris 'Birdman' Andersen.

Shelly Chartier, a 31-year-old agoraphobe from the small village of Easterville, Manitoba, impersonated the NBA star online and tried to blackmail him for thousands of dollars, according to authorities in both Colorado and Canada.

The intricate and creepy plot upended the life of Andersen, who was dumped by the Denver Nuggets in 2012 when he was investigated as part of a child pornography probe - which was finally linked back to Chartier.

Chartier pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud and other crimes over summer and was sentenced to 18 months in jail earlier this month, The Denver Post reported.

Twisted: Cyber predator Shelley Chartier, 31 (pictured on Wednesday), was sentenced to 18 months jail for orchestrating a sick catfishing scheme online involving numerous victims, including NBA star Chris Andersen

A Canadian woman who impersonated NBA star Chris 'Birdman' Anderson online and wreaked havoc on his life has now been sentenced to 18 months in jail. After the sentence she faces further charges in Colorado

Scene: Police say that is the home in Easterville, Manitoba, where Shelly Chartier, 31, concocted the plot

After serving the 18 months, Chartier will be extradited to Colorado to face further and more serious charges.

Andersen was just one of many people she impersonated online.

Chartier, who has been out on bail and got married to an American man she met online last year, is a recluse who dropped out of school in the sixth grade.

According to The Winnipeg Free Press, she is celebrity-obsessed and has little life experience.

In sentencing her, the judge described Chartier as a cyber predator who'hid from the realities of her life' by monopolizing the lives of others.

Authorities say she set up a fake Facebook profile for Andersen in 2011 and started communicating with a 17-year-old California girl, who believed she was talking to the basketball player.

Chartier then set up a profile as the girl and began communicating with Andersen.

She would send Andersen messages and explicit photos from the girl and forged a relationship between the two, who had never actually spoken to each other.

Chartier even arranged a real-life meeting between the two in Colorado.

Chartier, who has been out on bail, last year married 22-year-old American Rob Marku (pictured together) after the two met online playing video games. Marku recently spoke out in support of his wife

Scandal: The then-Denver Nuggets basketball star was dumped from the team in 2012 after investigators with local sheriff's department raided his home in a child pornography probe

The two had sex during at least one of their encounters.

Afterwards, the Canadian continued to communicate with the woman from California posing as Andersen and began making sexually explicit demands of her.

Chartier then started posing as the girl's mother and tried to extort money from Andersen, threatening to report him to the police for statutory rape.

Chartier demanded 'hush money', and Andersen eventually sent her a $3,000 check.

She also then, as Andersen, threatened the girl. Additionally she posted some the nude photos the girl had sent online and sent her the link.

Finally, the young woman went to authorities and reported the basketball player, triggering a child exploitation investigation and a raid of Andersen's home by the Internet Crimes Against Children unit.

Investigators seized his computer and other electronic equipment.

At the time it was reported that he was being investigated as part of a child porn probe.

Andersen told police the girl had lead him to believe she was 21.

He was not arrested or charged. The age of statutory consent in Colorado is 17.

It took place about a year to determine Andersen had been catfished and trace it back to Chartier.

When Chartier was finally caught and charged, police said that she was agoraphobic and rarely left her house (pictured), which was described as filthy. Easterville is a small town riddled with crime and poverty

Investigators said the Canadian woman managed to gain complete access to Andersen's phone, social media accounts, email, and bank records and may have played similar scams on other athletes.

Chartier lives in Easterville, Manitoba, a town of fewer than 100 residents on the shores of Cedar Lake nearly 300 miles north of Winnipeg.

According to reports, she rarely left the house and lived in filth.

She was charged in January 2013. Authorities said she didn't believe she had done anything wrong but that her exploits date back to 2008.

Her main victim was a woman in Texas who believed she was talking to a popular video game personality that Chartier had assumed the identity of.

The relationship was described as 'emotionally abusive' and the woman devoted her life to the man she believed she was speaking with.

However, while little is known of her other alleged victims, Chartier's plot took a major toll on the life of Andersen.

Because of the time it took investigators to work out the plot, Andersen remained a suspect and was dropped by the Denver Nuggets.

Cleared his name: Authorities finally realized a Canadian woman had been pretending to be Andersen online and communicated to a number of people, including an underage girl in California

Searched: Chris Andersen's home, pictured, in Larkspur, Colorado was searched by authorities in 2012

He had to live with the 'child porn' label until his name was finally cleared.

He went on to get a contract with Miami Heat, where he remains.

'I can't tell you how much Chris agonized over the label placed on him,' his lawyer told Sports Illustrated.

'This has had an extraordinary effect on Chris.

'He appreciates those who reserved judgment.

'He will continue to do what he's always done in life and that's turn something bad hopefully into something good.'

Chartier married 22-year-old American Rob Marku last year after meeting him online playing video games.

During sentencing the court heard that Marku was her first-ever relationship and that the pair were married within weeks of meeting face-to-face for the first time.

Marku was soon deported from Canada for overstaying his visa.

In an interview with The Winnipeg Free Press, he said Chartier was honest with him about her charges and that he chose to stand by her.

'I love her to death. She means everything to me,' Marku told the newspaper from his home in New York.

'We spoke about everything.

'She showed me she was real about it, and once we got together, it was an amazing experience.'

Marku also said his wife's sentence was too harsh and that she should have received home detention.

He is trying to formally re-enter Canada and said he was talking on the phone to Chartier every day up until her sentencing.

"It’s too harsh of a sentence,' he told the newspaper.