The innocent blood spilled on the floors of a Connecticut elementary school was still warm when a Bronx woman hatched a sick scam to profit off the tragedy.
Nouel Alba, 37, was busted after allegedly posing as an aunt of 6-year-old Noah Pozner — one of 20 children massacred inside Sandy Hook Elementary School — to collect money for the child’s “funeral fund,” authorities said.
Alba was charged Wednesday with lying to the feds after they caught wind of the vile scam, which included using her Facebook account to solicit donations and spinning a tale about meeting with President Obama, court papers show.
“I’m disgusted by it,” the child’s uncle, Alexis Haller, told NBC. “I think it’s disgusting behavior.”
Alba, of Soundview, began posting on her profile — which was under the user name Victorian Glam Fairys — just hours after a gunman went on a gory rampage in the Newtown, Conn., school on Dec. 14, the papers show.
“All this killing and shooting this entire week is just crazy,” she posted at 1:14 p.m., according to the FBI. “Praying for those families and all the kids who are effected (sic) by this today. My heart goes out to those little innocent kids.”
Just 15 minutes later, she wrote that her nephew was one of the tiny victims and claimed to have provided law enforcement officers with pictures to help identify him. The next day, Alba, a mother, continued the twisted scheme by asking heartbroken people for cash.
“We’ve set up a funeral fund for my brother and families,” she posted on her profile before including PayPal and bank information to accept donations.
“We like to thank everyone for your prayers,” she wrote. “We ask that you continue to not just pray for us, but for the families who have lost their kid.”
Some distressed readers reached out to Alba by phone to set up donations. Alba told one donor that she had to go to the elementary school to help identify little Noah’s body — and even mentioned meeting the President before his speech, according to the court documents.
The donor texted Alba, asking if she was watching Obama speak at Newtown High School.
“No I’m sitting in my car,” Alba responded, according to the criminal compliant. “Emotionally I can’t deal with right now . . . tomorrow I’ll see (Noah) in a casket and that will be hard enough to handle.”
But she said she was sure Obama would make poignant remarks.
“I'm sure he’ll give a good speech,” Alba allegedly texted. “He met with us hugged us even cryd with us. He’s really down to earth.”
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