An Iowa woman who faked a cancer diagnosis to steal tens of thousands of dollars in donations has been arrested and charged with theft, according to police.
falsely claimed to have leukemia and pancreatic cancer to bring in tens of thousands of dollars in donations, according to authorities.
Medical professionals observed"terrible life-threatening inaccuracies of her medical equipment placement on her body," according to court documents. Some photos appeared to be taken at Russo’s apartment instead of a medical office.Court documents also state that she took photos posted by real cancer patients and shared them as her own.
On a GoFundMe page that has since been removed, Russo raised more than $37,000 from 438 donations, according to the Muscatine Journal. An Iowa woman falsely claimed to have leukemia and pancreatic cancer to bring in tens of thousands of dollars in donations, according to authorities., and a podcast for Project Purple Online, according to police. But the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation said in a news release that it was"inadvertently named."
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