A couple in Virginia are facing 30 years in prison after the wife faked her own death to go on a shopping spree with her husband.
Alexandra Hatcher pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of federal conspiracy and fraud charges related to the bank fraud scheme.
Prosecutors say Hatcher and her husband, Albert Hatcher Jr., conspired to collect on life insurance policies they had taken out on her. According to court documents, the couple submitted false death claims on at least two policies they had taken out on her.
That's not all - prosecutors say the pair even went so far as to create fake death certificates, and they even published a death notice in the Daily Press to help support their scheme.
But insurance fraud wasn't enough. The husband and wife pair went on to buy at least 20 luxury vehicles using counterfeit checks and forged documents.
In August of 2015, Hatcher traveled to Washington state, changing her legal name there. She then re-titled the cars and used them as collateral for loans and other vehicles.
Prosecutors say the Virginia woman used the legal name she adopted just prior to her death to purchase, title and resell the vehicles.
Hatcher and her husband both pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, posessing and uttering a counterfeit security of an organization and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Both face up to 30 years in prison.