A Californian woman who embezzled more than $160,000 from her employer fabricated her cancer diagnosis to avoid jail time. However, his new sentence is worse than the previous one, according to information from the National Post.

According to notes written by a San Diego oncologist, 38-year-old Ashleigh Lynn Chavez had cancer cells in her uterus and was undergoing surgical procedures.

Due to her condition, she also could not repay her ex-employer, according to another letter.

However, those notes turned out to be fake, federal authorities said.

This false diagnosis allowed him to avoid his sentence initially set at one year's imprisonment for six months.

This week, two years were added to his sentence.