Woman faked cancer and pocketed $55k by sharing hospital photos with shaved head to raise money on GoFundMe
27-year-old Lucy Wieland from Douglas, Townsville, was granted bail after she went to the Townsville Magistrates Court on October 18 on charges of fraud
A woman in Queensland has been charged with raising money using fraudulent methods on a fundraising page after she claimed that the funds would be spent on treating her 'terminal cancer'.
The 27-year-old woman, identified as Lucy Wieland from Douglas, Townsville, was granted bail after she went to the Townsville Magistrates Court on October 18 on fraud charges. Wieland also allegedly gained $55,000 dollars by fraudulently claiming on the fundraising site that the money would be used to treat her stage five ovarian cancer.
The Daily Mail reported that Detective Inspector Chris Lawson said the woman was arrested because a member of the public informed detectives about the fraud.
