Montco Woman Who Stole Over $10,000 Via Fraudulent Cancer Fundraiser Sentenced

NORRISTOWN, PA -- An East Norriton woman accused of stealing over $10,000 through a fradulent cancer fundraiser campaign online has been sentenced to 23 months in jail.

Traci Small Kratzer started an online fundraiser atwww.youcaring.com with the headline, “Help Jay Henson (Deven Eberz husband) beat Cancer!!!!”, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman.

The fundraiser was advertised across Facebook and social media, and between May 17 and July 15, 2015, 90 deposits and donations were made, the DA said.

The deposits totaled $10,221.68 and were filtered directly to Kratzer’s Wells Fargo bank account, according to the DA.

Kratzer used the funds to make purchases Target, Toys R Us, McDonald’s, Rite Aid, and Sunoco, the DA said.

Henson is a real person who is actually suffering from cancer. Henson’s wife, Deven, repeatedly asked Kratzer for campaign account information but Kratzer always gave her excuses why she could not provide it, according to the DA.

“This theft has had a great impact on the Henson family,” Ferman said. “The District Attorney’s Office will seek restitution in the case.”

Anyone willing to help out financially can do so by making donations to the Henson family at www.myjaybird.com.

A preliminary hearing is set for September 10.