Bride 'pretended to have cancer'

A US woman has been accused of pretending to have terminal cancer in order to fund a lavish wedding reception and honeymoon.

The Times Herald-Record reports an Orange County Grand jury has indicted 25-year-old Jessica Vega, formerly of New York, on charges of grand larceny and attempted fraud.

According to the indictment, Vega accepted thousands of dollars in donated services and goods after claiming in 2010 that she was dying of leukaemia. The newspaper ran a story on Vega's wedding wish.

She married Michael O'Connell in May 2010 and the couple spent their honeymoon in Aruba.

Four months later, Mr O'Connell told the newspaper that Vega was faking the illness.

The couple divorced over the incident, and Mr O'Connell moved to Virginia, with Vega later joining him. They have two children.

Vega was arraigned last Friday and pleaded not guilty.