A Pennsylvania woman is accused of falsifying a cancer diagnosis and obtaining more than 8,000 oxycodone pills from multiple providers in three counties.
According to the office of the Pennsylvania attorney general, Brandi Bachman, 40, of Monroe County, is accused of fraudulently obtaining 8,298 oxycodone pills from 19 providers across Monroe, Lehigh, and Carbon counties under the guise of suffering from terminal cancer from 2021 to 2024.
The attorney general’s office said Bachman informed providers that she had terminal cancer, but said that getting documentation was difficult for various reasons. In instances where she did provide documentation, providers who were named identified them as forgeries.
"When providers would suggest treatment and additional testing to confirm her diagnosis, Bachman would often reply that she did not want treatment anymore; she just wanted care to help ease the end of her life," the attorney general's office said.
According to court documents, Bachman, of Stroudsburg, was charged with 21 felony counts of acquisition of a controlled substance by fraud; three felony counts, two third-degree and one first-degree, of identity theft; one third-degree felony count of criminal use of a communication facility; and three first-degree misdemeanor counts of forgery.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Christie Bonesch is prosecuting the case, and it was investigated by the attorney general's Bureau of Narcotics office in Allentown. According to court documents, Bachman will have a preliminary hearing on Aug. 14 with Magisterial District Court Judge Colleen Mancuso.
Max Augugliaro is the public safety and government watchdog reporter at the Pocono Record. Reach him at [email protected].
This article originally appeared on Pocono Record: PA attorney general: Woman faked terminal cancer to get oxycodone
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