A Florida woman has been charged with fraud after claiming that she had cancer and collecting thousands of dollars from well-wishers . Kelly Johanneson , 36 , of Citrus County , raised at least $ 4,400 after she disappeared for a month in 2013 and came back to tell her friends and neighbors that she had been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer . Her community rallied around her , holding fundraisers such as a barbeque and airboat event last year where a $ 2000 assault rifle was raffled off . Scroll down for video . Kelly Johanneson , 36 , of Citrus County , Florida raised at least $ 4,400 after she told her friends and neighbors that she had been diagnosed with stage four breast cancer . She shaved her head and attended fundraisers such as the event held by the Citrus County Airboat Alliance wearing a bandana . A Go Fund Me page was set up for donations as well as a campaign on Our Backyard Foundation . 'Thank you to everyone that has given me their love , prayers and support during this very difficult time of my life . On behalf of my two beautiful children and all of my family you have my deepest appreciation and love , ' she said on the site . It is not known how much money was raised through various avenues of giving . Police received a complaint about Johanneson in September and found that the woman in fact did not have cancer , but had been putting on an elaborate hoax that included shaving her head . She gave detectives paperwork that appeared to be from the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa , but the treatment and research institute said that she was never a patient there . The community gathered around Johanneson and her supposed illness , holding fundraisers that brought in an unknown amount of money . Johanneson is being charged with a third degree organized fraud , a felony punishable in Florida by up to five years in prison . The center also said that the paperwork provided was falsified . Johanneson is being charged with a third degree organized fraud , a felony punishable in Florida by up to five years in prison . 'It just seems so implausible that someone would use a horrible illness like cancer for personal gain ' Citrus County Detective John Bergen said . 'Johanneson hurt so many people , from people that loved her to people that hardly knew her but wanted to help It really is unbelievable . ' Facebook users of the Citrus County Sheriff 's Office page posted their disgust at the fraud . 'Having lost a mother and grandmother to Breast Cancer , my heart was broken for Kelly and her two young children , ' Jackie Martin said . 'This really hit home for me so my husband and I donated to assist Kelly and her family . Now having learned this today , I 'm literally sick to my stomach . ' Johanneson , who has seen her hair grow back , is being held without bond , according to Fox 13 . The mother of two also gave police paperwork from a nearby cancer clinic that the research center said was a fraud . She is being held without bond . A fundraiser for the supposedly sick woman raffled off an assault rifle worth $ 2,000 and 500 rounds of ammunition .
Kelly Johanneson , 36 , of Citrus County , Florida , raised at least $ 4,400 . Mother of two disappeared for month before telling of stage four cancer . She provided detectives with fake documents about treatment in Tampa .