Woman allegedly collected $11k in donations after lying about being married to firefighter battling Holy Fire
28-year-old Ashley Bemis wrote a post on Facebook on a community page asking for donations and claiming that her husband was a firefighter and was battling the Holy Fire
A Southern California woman is accused of exploiting the state's devastating Holy Fire last month by posing as a firefighter's wife in an attempt to swindle nearly $11,000 from donors, according to police. Reports state that authorities have now launched an investigation into the case.
The woman, identified as 28-year-old Ashley Bemis, wrote a post on Facebook on a community page, claiming that her husband was a firefighter and was battling the Holy Fire which scorched more than 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties. According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Bemis requested donations from the members of the community page in her husbands's honor.