Denison, Texas woman Kassie Bond Carpenter, 42, was sentenced Thursday to five additional years in federal prison after faking stomach cancer to delay reporting to prison on a prior 41-month wire fraud sentence. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced the sentence, calling it a brazen betrayal of the justice system.
Carpenter pleaded guilty in February to obstruction of justice, admitting she submitted at least nine sets of forged medical records to the court. The documents falsely claimed she had adenocarcinoma and was undergoing radiation therapy. Her attorney, unaware of the fraud, filed motions citing the fake diagnosis, warning that without treatment, her cancer would turn malignant and metastasize.
Tricked by the deception, the court granted multiple delays—pushing her reporting date from August 22, 2017, to January 30, 2018, then to August 7, 2018, November 6, 2018, January 29, 2019, and finally to April 29, 2019. The ruse unraveled when Carpenter’s own attorney moved to withdraw from the case on January 29, 2019, stating he had been “an unwitting tool in a fraud on this Court.”
Two days later, U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater vacated the latest extension and ordered Carpenter arrested. The 60-month sentence for obstruction will run consecutive to her original 41-month sentence for wire fraud, ensuring she spends nearly eight total years behind bars.
In the underlying fraud case, Carpenter admitted to embezzling over $372,000 from a property management company where she worked. She issued $133,000 in checks payable to herself, $157,000 to a fictitious company she created, and used company funds to pay personal bills with JC Penny, DirectTV, TXU Energy, and Verizon.
The FBI’s Dallas Field Office investigated both crimes. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Stokes prosecuted both cases. U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle handed down the five-year sentence for obstruction, sending a clear message: defrauding the courts carries a steep price.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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