Created: 3/27/2008 2:34:02 PM 
GAINESVILLE, FL (AP) -- A Gainesville woman who faked her pregnancy in order to dupe several agencies out of thousands of dollars is sitting behind bars.
Deputies say Shawanda Butler sought the help of adoption agencies in Sebring and in Marion County. They offered Butler over six thousand dollars to help her with rent, medical bills and electric bills.
But when representatives from the Little Angels of America went to check up on the 24-year-old at her home, they say she refused to show them her pregnant stomach. Instead, she went inside a bedroom and stuffed her stomach with a pillow.
It's not known whether or not she was ever pregnant, but deputies say Butler faces charges of organized fraud.
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