A Waterloo woman who bilked a couple out of thousand of dollars by saying she had kidney problems has been given a 15-year sentence.  47-year-old Shawn Adams was sentenced Friday. on theft and false reports. She’s also known as Shawn Tomkins.

Prosecutors say she got nearly $58,000 in aid from the Waterloo couple after telling them her tale of woe. Prosecutors say she accused one of them of sexually abusing her son when they discovered her scam.

In June she was sentenced in Grundy County for an unrelated theft. Prosecutors say she took people to a farm in rural Dike in December 2017, selling them items that she falsely said were hers.