An Indiana woman has been charged with fraud and child neglect after authorities said she had a feeding tube inserted into her daughter for the sole purpose of getting money for it.

Alanna Lin Brown, 32, is out on bail after police said she defrauded a local organization by claiming her toddler needed a feeding tube. According to court documents obtained by local Fox affiliate WXIN, Brown brought her young daughter to the emergency room in April, claiming the little girl was aspirating when she ate and needed a feeding tube. The 3-year-old girl was reportedly diagnosed with moderate malnutrition.

But the girl's father, who worked in child care and was a preschool teacher, raised doubts that his daughter had any trouble eating normally.

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