Amanda C Riley – also known as ‘Scamanda’ – pleaded guilty in 2022 to defrauding over $100,000 from donorsThe woman who earned the derisive nickname “Scamanda” by faking a prolonged fight with terminal cancer and raising money for herself may have Münchausen syndrome – a psychological disorder involving the feigning of illness to win others’ nurturing, according to prosecutors.That finding about Amanda C Riley – who pleaded guilty in a California federal courthouse in 2022 to defrauding more than $100,000 from hundreds of donors – surfaced as prosecutors successfully argued against an effort by her legal team to secure an early release from prison, as first reported recently by the San Francisco Chronicle. Continue reading…
Amanda C Riley – also known as ‘Scamanda’ – pleaded guilty in 2022 to defrauding over $100,000 from donors
The woman who earned the derisive nickname “Scamanda” by faking a prolonged fight with terminal cancer and raising money for herself may have Münchausen syndrome – a psychological disorder involving the feigning of illness to win others’ nurturing, according to prosecutors.
That finding about Amanda C Riley – who pleaded guilty in a California federal courthouse in 2022 to defrauding more than $100,000 from hundreds of donors – surfaced as prosecutors successfully argued against an effort by her legal team to secure an early release from prison, as first reported recently by the San Francisco Chronicle.
