Woman Fakes Pregnancy to Get Child Support Payments

In King County, local prosecutors are saying that a woman faked her pregnancy in order to get child support payments.  31-year-old Carmen L. Johnsen managed to get $3,500 in child support payments from a man who believed he was the father of her "unborn" child.

 Johnsen was charged with theft, perjury in the first degree and forgery.  She even printed a fake death notice and claim that she had miscarried. 

In December 2008, Johnsen told the man she was pregnant with his baby. The next month, she took two pregnancy tests, which were both negative.  Even though she knew she wasn't pregnant, she told the man that she had a history of miscarriages and would need to be on bed rest. Believing that she was pregnant with his child, the man gave her five checks worth $700 each from February 2009 to June 2009.

When the man discovered that she was not pregnant, he went to police.  It is also said that Johnsen tried to pressure the man into paying half of her medical bills which totaled over $9,000.

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