By By Amanda Tennis Sep 6, 2010 in Crime New York - A bride faked having cancer in order to receive wedding donations from family and strangers. All the wedding expenses were paid for including the honeymoon and bridal dress. According to The couple, both 23, were featured in an April 26 Times Herald-Record article about strangers who had come together to pay for their dream wedding while Vega was still well enough to walk down the aisle. Vega’s husband, Michael O’Connell, has claimed that Vega’s doctor sent a letter to the couple saying that her condition was fake. O’Connell called the doctor’s office and discovered that his wife was never a patient in that office. Vega denies lying about her cancer diagnosis. In Toronto, Canada, last month, a young woman Jessica Vega, a New York bride, was accused by her husband to have faked terminal leukemia to receive wedding donations. She received money from strangers and family members that paid for everything from the bridal gown to the honeymoon.According to Fox News Vega’s husband, Michael O’Connell, has claimed that Vega’s doctor sent a letter to the couple saying that her condition was fake. O’Connell called the doctor’s office and discovered that his wife was never a patient in that office.Vega denies lying about her cancer diagnosis.In Toronto, Canada, last month, a young woman defrauded $20,000 from friends and locals when she told them she had cancer. She later said she was faking the entire time, earning herself an arrest and three charges of fraud. More about Crime, Cancer, Fake, Wedding More news from crime cancer fake wedding