A family falsely claimed their three-year-old daughter had a grave heart condition in a bid to collect thousands of dollars in donations on a GoFundMe page, according to police. Joanessa Clawson, 35, her husband James Clawson, 38, and her mother Patti Ann Baldassarre, 68, from Marietta, Georgia, all face felony conspiracy charges. The GoFundMe page, which has now been removed, is written from the point of view of a family friend - who allegedly does not exist - appealing for help for the Clawson family. 'I am posting this for my friend Jo Clawson whose 3-year-old daughter, Sofia, is very ill with a life threatening heart infection,' it reads, according to an image of the page shared by KESQ. Scroll down for video . Arrested: Joanessa Clawson, left, and her husband James Clawson, right, face felony conspiracy charges after they allegedly set up a fake GoFundMe account asking for donations . 'Fake': They pretended to be a friend asking for money for their daughter, claiming that the girl was in hospital with a heart infection after surgery. They asked for $3,000 on the GoFundMe page . 'This happened 2 weeks after Sofia underwent heart surgery to repair a defect that she was born with. This fellow East Cobb family runs their own home-based business.' When shared by KESQ, the page, entitled 'Sofia's Medical and Family Expenses', had raised just $195 but was asking for $3,000. It is not clear how much money the page eventually raised. The couple has two children, the daughter and an older son, according to their Facebook pages. Friends told the channel that they had their suspicions about the fundraiser because their stories did not seem to add up - and the couple has been accused of running scams in the past. In 2006, they were accused by dozens of couples of accepting payments to take wedding photos in Cabazon, California but never delivering the images. Scam: Clawson's mother Patti Ann Baldassarre posed as a nurse to back up the couple's story . Speaking to KESQ, neighbors said they tried to alert police to the fake page months ago. 'There were tons of red flags and there were tons of people in the community who reached out just for the sake of her kids,' Sandra May said. 'And nothing was done.' When they voiced their suspicions, Mrs Clawson allegedly produced a note from a doctor providing the donors a number for a nurse if they had any concerns. But the number on the letter allegedly led to Baldassarre's phone, and the doctor named in the letter had retired years earlier, according to KESQ. After a teacher leaned of the page, she asked Cobb County School Police to check in on the three-year-old daughter and discovered that the child was in fact healthy. The trio was arrested on felony conspiracy charges. Mrs Clawson is also charged with felony theft by deception, while her husband faces an additional charge of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer. He posted $5,000 bail but his wife remains behind bars on $10,000 bond and her mother is held on $2,500 bond. In 2006, more than 20 couples said they never received wedding photos despite paying the couple. Arrested: Mrs Clawson, pictured left and right with her older child, was arrested after a teacher asked police to check on the wellbeing of the three-year-old daughter and found she was fine, according to reports . Home: The couple moved to Marietta, Georgia (pictured) after allegedly running a wedding photography business in California - but they allegedly failed to give their clients photos after they were paid . They also accused them of stealing other photographers' work and claiming it was their own in order to promote their business. 'Hired Joanessa Clawson for July 2006 wedding in Los Angeles. Takes great photos but no where to be found once the wedding is over,' one enraged client wrote online in 2006. 'Once they get your check Joanessa and her husband, James, will make every excuse in the book on why you haven't received your photos!! (i.e. Joanessa has health problems from a stroke to the flu to a heart attack, FEDEX is to blame, they have other weddings to tend to etc). 'She may be more affordable than other photographers but in the end, you definitely get what you pay for, nothing.' KESQ reported that some of the clients took the Clawsons to court and won financial judgments. See below for video .
Joanessa Clawson, 35, her husband James, 38, and her mother Patti Ann Baldassarre, 68, all face felony conspiracy charges . They 'set up the page claiming the couple's three-year-old daughter had a heart infection after undergoing surgery and asked for $3,000' After other parents expressed their suspicions, Mrs Clawson 'provided them with the number of a nurse - which led to her own mother's phone' A teacher asked police to check on the girl and she was found to be well .