( CNN ) -- A New York woman accused of trying to cash in on the Newtown elementary school shootings pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and to lying to FBI agents , federal prosecutors in Connecticut said . Nouel Alba , 37 , faces sentencing August 29 in Hartford . She is eligible for fines totaling $ 500,000 and could receive a 25-year prison sentence , according to the U.S. Attorney 's office . She entered the plea in Bridgeport . Alba , prosecutors said , set up false bank accounts and claimed she was collecting for a `` funeral fund '' set up on behalf of one of the 20 children killed in the December attacks , Noah Pozner . The woman allegedly claimed to be an aunt of the Sandy Hook Elementary School student . Donations were solicited on a Facebook page . Donors sent $ 240 to a PayPal account between December 14 and 20 , federal prosecutors in New York said this year . CNN was alerted to the story by a relative of the Pozner family . A CNN producer and camera crew went to Alba 's home in the Bronx , New York . She said that the bank account referenced on her Facebook page did belong to her . Alba denied being involved in a scam during an appearance on CNN 's `` Anderson Cooper 360Ëš '' in December . The U.S. Attorney 's office said that FBI agents contacted Alba after seeing the CNN report and that she told the agents the same thing she told CNN . Alba falsely told agents that she did not post information related to Newtown on her Facebook account , have contact with anyone about such postings or access her PayPal account , prosecutors said in a statement . `` The thought that someone would scheme so quickly and deliberately to benefit from an unspeakable tragedy is beyond belief , '' FBI Special Agent in Charge Kimberly Mertz said in a statement . `` While there was n't a substantial loss of money in this investigation , there were losses beyond any pecuniary measure . '' At Alba 's sentencing in late August , victims will be allowed to make impact statements that could affect sentencing , according to the U.S. Attorney 's office . The indictment against Alba in December cited CNN 's reporting .
Bronx woman posed as aunt of Sandy Hook victim , prosecutors say . Nouel Alba , 37 , solicited donations on behalf of Noah Pozner family , prosecutors say . Noah , 19 other children and six adults were killed at Connecticut school in December .