Off Record: Cancer Scam Continued
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Welcome to The Knife Off Record. I'm Hannah Smith. I'm Patia Eaton. This week, we have a follow-up episode to last week's interview. And if you haven't listened to last week's episode, pause and go listen to that one first. Otherwise, you won't have any idea what we're talking about. This week, we're going to cover another fraud case related to the death of Toledo officer Anthony Dia. And then we're going to talk about yet another victim of Lisa Tickenmeyer, who has a totally different story than Dee. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Blue Sky at The Knife Podcast. You can also email us at thenife at exactlyrightmedia.com. And if you're enjoying the podcast, you can rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, which helps us a lot.
So thank you. Great. Let's get into the episode. Okay, so before we get into the new fraud and the new victim, let's just give you a little reminder of what last week's episode was about, since it's been about a week probably since you've listened. So last week, our episode was called Cancer Scam, and we interviewed a woman named Dee Lynn. She lives in Toledo, Ohio, and is really involved in her community. Starting probably in 2020, she started volunteering a lot, running fundraisers and just helping out neighbors in need. There was a lot of people who needed help in the face of COVID and losing their jobs. But then there were also multiple tragedies that struck their city and Dee got really involved helping out with that as well.
One of those tragedies was the death of Toledo police officer Anthony Dia, who was shot and killed in July of 2020. And this really rocked the entire city. And Dee and many others came together to support his family in the wake of his death. Through Dee's volunteering efforts is how she met Lisa Tichtmeyer. And they became friends. And pretty early on in their friendship, Lisa confided in Dee that she had been diagnosed with cancer with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. And over the next year, Dee and the community supported Lisa both financially and emotionally. But it eventually came to light that Lisa did not have cancer. She was faking it. The whole time. And Dee talks about sort of being suspicious that Lisa's faking cancer, but that's one of those things that, you know, you better be pretty sure if you're going to accuse someone before you say something.
And eventually there was an investigation and Lisa did admit to investigators that she never had cancer. She tried to say at first that she used the money that she raised for other like medical purposes.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–10:39
2
What follow-up topics will be covered from last week’s 'Cancer Scam' episode?
10:39–14:18
3
How did Lisa Tickmeyer’s cancer fraud scheme unfold and affect Dee Lynn’s community?
14:18–23:19
4
What fundraising and legal consequences did Lisa face after admitting she faked cancer?
23:19–30:49
5
How did Tony Dia create the Officer Anthony Dia Foundation and what red flags emerged?
30:49–42:24
6
What did investigators find about Tony Dia’s alleged misuse of foundation funds?
42:24–57:06
7
How did Anthony Diaz’s widow Jamie describe the personal impact of Tony Dia’s actions?
57:06–1:14:32