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She Claimed To Have Cancer And Received $100k In Support. She Spent The Money On Vacations And Drugs.

Ashe Schow
She Claimed To Have Cancer And Received $100k In Support. She Spent The Money On Vacations And Drugs.
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In 2013, Australian woman Hanna Dickinson told her friends and family that she had been diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer and that she had only months to live.

As anyone would when faced with the terminal illness of a loved one, Dickinson’s friends and family gave her money for overseas cancer treatment. She even petitioned the Australian government for funds to cover her health costs. Dickinson received more than $100,000 to treat her illness.

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