Woman walks free from court after faking cancer and 'using money donated for her treatment to keep the scam going' A woman faked cancer to get $2,500 of donations and meet with Billy Slater She shaved her head to feign chemotherapy and pretended to go to hospital Her own husband and family did not know she was lying and threw fundraisers
By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:13 BST, 25 May 2019 | Updated: 03:13 BST, 25 May 2019
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A woman has walked free from court after faking cancer and allegedly using money donated for her 'treatment' to keep the scam going.
Alana Porter, 27, admitted she 'has been living a lie for three years' and pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering and one count of fraud at Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Friday.
She scammed $2,500 from her family and several fundraising events in Bundaberg in south-east Queensland in 2016 and 2017, Bundaberg News Mail reported.
Not even Ben Porter, her husband, knew she was faking her illness, and the local cinema manager