Pa. woman charged with faking cancer to get 8,300 oxycodone pills

MONROE COUNTY(WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities have charged a woman after they say she faked a cancer diagnosis to get nearly 8,300 oxycodone pills from providers in three counties.

Attorney General Dave Sunday stated that Brandi Leigh Bachman has been charged with fraudulently obtaining nearly 8,300 oxycodone pills from 19 different providers while claiming she had terminal cancer.

Between 2021 and 2024, Bachman, 40, told providers in Monroe, Lehigh, and Carbon counties that she had a malignant melanoma and it metastasized to her lungs, the release states…

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