Woman Sentenced For Forcing Adoptive Daughter To Fake Illnesses And Receive Treatment
According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Noreika told the then-5-year-old to pretend she was having a seizure while Noreika videotaped her.
She then emailed the video clip to her daughter’s pediatric neurologist, along with false statements about her daughter’s medical condition, Gurganus said.
On multiple other occasions, Noreika also falsely reported to medical providers that her daughter experienced seizures, when in fact no such seizures occurred, according to Gurganus.
Noreika never witnessed her daughter have an actual seizure on Feb. 4, 2020, or on any other date, he said.
The government and defense recognized that the caregiver’s conduct was consistent with factitious disorder imposed on another, formerly known as munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental illness in which a caregiver makes up or causes an illness or injury to a person under their care, to gain attention and sympathy for themselves.
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