The 19-year-old girl was arrested for defrauding TikTok followers by pretending to be sick with cancer

2023-02-02 14:21:02Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The 19-year-old girl was arrested for defrauding TikTok followers by pretending

A 19-year-old from Iowa, United States of America, is accused of stealing $37,000 in donations.

Madison Marie Russo claimed on social media and the GoFundMe platform that she had pancreatic cancer the size of a football in her lower back and acute leukemia to raise money. She was arrested and later released on bail, and will appear in court on March 2 for fraud.

Russo talked about her fake illness on TikTok, showing off medical equipment and pretending to be undergoing chemotherapy at a hospital when it was actually her apartment.

After several reports, the police checked the medical records of three hospitals in the area, in which the woman appeared, but it turned out that she did not suffer from cancer.

At that moment, the police searched the 19-year-old's home and found a hospital-like environment, a serum stand equipped with a feeding pump, filled with cotton balls and medical equipment on behalf of a relative. Russo now faces up to 10 years in prison.


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