The judge wasted time acknowledging her fairy tale? I'd bet (haha) this woman has a gambling habit. Or some other habit. She gave 1/4 million to a relative to treat abuse? Was that her excuse in the previous instance of her thieving, too? 
The fact she couldn't tell the truth at sentencing would have made me pause and consider a more serious sentence: she still isn't facing her problem. She must think we're all Sappes….