I can't help wondering whether she'd have got away lightly if she had offered a grovelling apology in the lines of "I tried to smart ... my way in, but genuinely had no idea it would be fraud Im so sorry, will never do it again"
Instead of digging herself deeper at every occasion...
I can certainly sympathize, having tried similar things when I was a kid to go places for free - including hand drawing disco stamps to my wrist. It works most times but when it fails you gotta own up!