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These influencers didn't just disappoint their fans — they robbed them blind. Join us as we count down the most shameless scams that social media stars have ever pulled on the very people who trusted them most. From crypto rug pulls to fake illnesses and rigged gambling sites, no scheme was too low for these content creators chasing easy money at their followers' expense.
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00:00I initially trusted this would be an amazing and memorable experience for all of us,
00:04which is why I agreed to do one promotion, not knowing about the disaster that was to come.
00:09Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the worst scams that influencers have ever pulled.
00:14Authorities say in all, $1.5 million were taken from individuals and businesses.
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00:45The Zoo That Never Was, Logan Paul.
00:48Fun game that earns you money.
00:50How much did you guys make from CryptoZoo?
00:52I lost around $50,000.
00:54At the peak of the NFT craze in 2021, Logan Paul relentlessly hyped CryptoZoo.
00:59He pitched it to his massive audience as a blockchain game,
01:02where players could easily make some passive income.
01:05Money? Easy? Sign us up!
01:07Trusting fans eagerly bought in, purchasing exclusive zoo tokens and digital eggs,
01:12and fully expecting a lucrative experience.
01:14There was just one glaring issue. It didn't work.
01:17In fact, it never really existed in a playable state.
01:20Rather than a fun investment, the whole thing played out like a textbook rug pull,
01:24and millions of dollars up and vanished.
01:26While Paul pointed fingers at bad developers and eventually offered limited buybacks,
01:31he still faced a massive class-action lawsuit,
01:33with scammed investors reporting hundreds of thousands in losses.
01:37I think the biggest story we've probably ever broken was either the FTX stuff,
01:43but that was already kind of going on.
01:44It was probably the Logan Paul story.
01:46The CryptoZoo saga.
01:48The fake fitness guru, Brittany Dawn.
01:50We have another cautionary tale, this one about social media influencers and their businesses.
01:55One fitness coach and influencer from Dallas,
01:58who has hundreds of thousands of followers,
02:00is under fire now after some of her online clients say they were scammed.
02:04This fitness guru built an empire selling what she claimed
02:07were highly personalized workout and nutrition plans,
02:10charging fans up to $300 a pop.
02:12Brittany Dawn actively marketed her brand to vulnerable women,
02:16going so far as to call herself an eating disorder soldier.
02:19The reality, however, was incredibly grim.
02:22Thousands of buyers quickly discovered
02:24they were getting the exact same generic PDF as thousands of others,
02:28so much for the exclusive personalization.
02:30Even worse, Dawn lacked the professional expertise needed to coach this kind of thing,
02:34peddling dangerous advice that led to reports of worsened health and fainting.
02:38The state of Texas eventually stepped in
02:40and sued her for deceptive business practices,
02:42forcing a massive 2023 settlement of $400,000
02:46to cover customer refunds and legal penalties.
02:49The case has now been settled,
02:51with Davis agreeing to pay $400,000.
02:53Another $130,000 can be added on
02:56if she violates the agreement,
02:58which bans her from selling personal plans
03:00without providing coaching
03:01and claiming to have special eating disorder knowledge.
03:04Profiting off charity, FaZe K.
03:06My name's Frazier.
03:07My name's Jarvis.
03:08I'm Tico.
03:09I'm Ricegut.
03:10I'm Nikon.
03:10And I support Save the Kids tokens.
03:12Esports organization FaZe Clan
03:14took a massive hit to its reputation in 2021,
03:16when several members hyped up a new altcoin
03:19called Save the Kids.
03:21They pitched it as a feel-good crypto project
03:23that redirected transaction fees to children's charities.
03:26The coin's underlying code featured an anti-whale mechanism,
03:30which was supposed to prevent massive sell-offs.
03:32But right before the token launched,
03:34developers secretly altered that code.
03:36So, as soon as the coin went live
03:38and loyal fans bought their shares,
03:40the largest token holders dumped massive amounts of the coin,
03:43and the price instantly crashed to zero.
03:45After Internet Sluice exposed the incredibly shitty timeline,
03:48FaZe Clan fired Frazier K.
03:50and suspended many others,
03:52cementing the token as a truly predatory scheme.
03:54This is the story of the worst influencer scam I've ever seen,
03:58and I've seen a lot of them, okay?
04:00I'm practically a connoisseur at this point.
04:02A specialist in influencer scams, if you will.
04:05So, believe me when I tell you that.
04:07VidCon, Tana Mongeau.
04:08Talking to people who came from Australia,
04:11and Singapore, and China, and the UK,
04:15and New York, and traveled just to be turned away and sent home.
04:20It's horrible.
04:21Feeling slighted by the organizers of VidCon,
04:23YouTuber Tana Mongeau decided to host her own competing convention,
04:27called TanaCon.
04:28She promised a cheaper, creator-focused weekend
04:30packed with celebrity guests,
04:32prompting thousands of excited fans to descend on California.
04:35It immediately turned into an unmitigated disaster.
04:38The chosen venue could safely hold about 1,000 people,
04:41yet Tana's team sold about 5,000 tickets,
04:44with most of them being $65 VIP passes.
04:46Attendees were left stranded outside in the blistering summer sun for hours,
04:51without food, shade, or water.
04:53Multiple people actually passed out from heat exhaustion,
04:56before the fire marshal was forced to step in,
04:58and shut the whole thing down.
04:59These excited teens paid good money for travel,
05:02and passes,
05:03and the only thing they got was heat stroke.
05:05At this point, you know,
05:07I would suggest you should do a free event,
05:10for real,
05:11and do it right,
05:11and make sure that you do retribution.
05:14Give justice to these people that came,
05:16you know,
05:17spent money to travel,
05:18convince their parents to pay for this event,
05:21to go there,
05:22for hotels,
05:23all these things.
05:24Just don't.
05:25Just don't do anything.
05:26I'm keeping it rug pull.
05:28Ice Poseidon.
05:29Cryptocurrency and scams.
05:31The most iconic duo.
05:33They go together like peanut butter and jelly.
05:35Today,
05:36a once massive streamer was exposed for stealing $500,000, roughly,
05:41from his fans.
05:42This is the story of Ice Poseidon and CX Coin.
05:46Live streamer Ice Poseidon is no stranger to online controversy,
05:49but his foray into cryptocurrency was shockingly brazen,
05:53even for him.
05:54Launching his very own token called CX Coin,
05:56Ice Poseidon explicitly urged his dedicated fan base to invest,
06:00promising a lucrative,
06:01long-term roadmap.
06:02Loyal viewers listened,
06:04pumping hundreds of thousands straight into the liquidity pool.
06:07Then,
06:08Demetro simply pulled the rug,
06:09draining roughly half a million from the pool,
06:11and tanking the token's value to zero.
06:13The most infuriating part of this entire debacle?
06:16When confronted by investigators,
06:18Demetro didn't even try to feign ignorance.
06:20He openly admitted that he kept the money,
06:22shamelessly telling his scammed audience
06:23that they were foolish for ever trusting him.
06:25If you want the answer,
06:27yeah,
06:28I could give the money back.
06:29It is within my power.
06:32But I'm going to look out for myself
06:33and not do that.
06:36You know,
06:37I don't know what else to say.
06:38That's just the most honest answer.
06:40The Halal Hustle.
06:41Jay Mazzini.
06:42Ladies and gentlemen,
06:42today we are uncovering quite possibly
06:44the largest giveaway scam in history.
06:47And the crazy thing
06:48is that it's still going on right now
06:51as we speak.
06:52Jabara Iqbara,
06:54known online as Jay Mazzini,
06:56cultivated a massive following
06:57by posting videos of himself
06:58handing out thick stacks of cash
07:00to fast food workers.
07:01Portraying himself as a widely successful
07:03crypto investor
07:04and devoted Muslim,
07:06Mazzini used this manufactured cloud
07:07to target his own community.
07:09He aggressively solicited investments
07:11for a company called Halal Capital,
07:13promising sky-high returns
07:14on stock options
07:15and electronic resales.
07:17In reality,
07:18he was orchestrating
07:19a textbook Ponzi scheme,
07:21funneling his followers'
07:22hard-earned money
07:22directly into his own
07:23gambling addictions
07:24and luxury lifestyle.
07:26All told,
07:27investors lost over $8 million,
07:28but the law eventually caught up,
07:30and Mazzini was handed
07:31a seven-year prison sentence
07:33for wire fraud,
07:34plus an order to pay
07:34$10 million in fines
07:36and restitution.
07:37People are going to catch on,
07:39they are going to start cataloging it,
07:40and eventually,
07:42he will be caught.
07:43The Social Gloves Shakedown,
07:45Austin McBroom.
07:45Austin McBroom vs. Bryce Hall.
07:48Just got off the phone
07:48with Bryce Hall and Austin McBroom,
07:50100% confirmed,
07:52new fight is happening.
07:53Ace family patriarch
07:54Austin McBroom
07:55hyped up a massive
07:56boxing pay-per-view
07:57in the summer of 2021
07:58called Social Gloves,
08:00YouTubers vs. TikTokers.
08:01McBroom himself
08:02fought on the card,
08:03and the flashy event
08:04promised life-changing payouts
08:06for the participating athletes
08:07and creators.
08:08There was just one gigantic flaw,
08:10nobody actually got paid.
08:12Despite McBroom publicly bragging
08:13about the broadcast's
08:14record-breaking success,
08:15the company behind Social Gloves
08:17quietly filed for bankruptcy.
08:19The twist?
08:20McBroom secretly held
08:21majority ownership.
08:22Fighters who spent months
08:23in grueling training camps
08:24and investors who fronted millions
08:26were completely stiffed.
08:28The fallout resulted
08:29in a staggering barrage
08:30of multi-million dollar lawsuits
08:32for breach of contract
08:33and blatant fraud.
08:43The Ritz Casino,
08:44T-Martin and Syndicate.
08:46Dude, you could just
08:47swing for the fences
08:48with one bet
08:49and just come away
08:50up five grand.
08:52Back in 2016,
08:53gaming YouTubers
08:54T-Martin and Syndicate
08:55began dropping videos
08:57where they supposedly
08:58won huge sums of money
08:59on a counter-strike
09:00skin gambling website
09:01called CSGO Lotto.
09:03Their over-the-top reactions
09:05naturally encouraged
09:06millions of young viewers
09:07to visit the site themselves
09:08and gamble away
09:09their own virtual items.
09:11What these guys
09:11conveniently omitted
09:12was the fact that
09:13they were the founders
09:14and owners
09:15of CSGO Lotto.
09:16They possessed
09:17direct access
09:18to the back-end code,
09:19making their lucky jackpots
09:20incredibly deceptive.
09:22Essentially,
09:23they were broadcasting
09:24rigged advertisements
09:25to lure actual miners
09:26into unregulated gambling.
09:28Well,
09:28the FTC wasn't having that
09:30and eventually
09:30brought the hammer down,
09:32marking a landmark
09:32government crackdown
09:33that forced the duo
09:34to settle
09:34and disclose
09:35all future business ties.
09:37The FTC taking interest
09:38in two YouTubers
09:39sparked headlines
09:40that made some people
09:40notice that Valve
09:41appeared to be enabling
09:42underage gambling,
09:44which led some people
09:45to file class action
09:46lawsuits against Valve.
09:47The free brush bamboozle,
09:49Gabby Hanna.
09:50But for you to then
09:51take just a scam,
09:53just an obvious scam.
09:55Are you that desperate
09:56to make money?
09:58There's nothing like
09:58siphoning pennies
09:59from kids
10:00to make you feel alive.
10:01In 2018,
10:02YouTuber Gabby Hanna
10:03promoted an unbelievable deal.
10:05A brand called
10:06Kenza Cosmetics
10:07was giving away
10:08premium makeup
10:08brush sets for free.
10:10All fans had to do
10:11was cover shipping.
10:12In truth,
10:13this was a cheap
10:14dropshipping racket.
10:15Followers shelled out
10:16$10 in inflated
10:17shipping fees
10:18for cheap,
10:18flimsy brushes
10:19that cost $1
10:20with free shipping
10:21on wholesale sites,
10:22making matters
10:23worse.
10:24Countless fans
10:24waited months
10:25and never even
10:26received their packages.
10:27When the beauty community
10:28finally called her out,
10:30Hanna doubled down
10:30and refused to apologize,
10:32bizarrely blaming
10:33her audience
10:33for having high expectations.
10:35However,
10:36the backlash got even worse,
10:37eventually forcing
10:38a public apology
10:39and retreat.
10:40Why can't YouTubers
10:42take any responsibility
10:44for things they do
10:45when they mess up?
10:48Just say,
10:49hey,
10:49you know what,
10:50I'm Gabby,
10:51I promoted a product.
10:52The Creativity Con,
10:53Carolyn Calloway.
10:54The most recent thing
10:56that I went viral for
10:57was being a scammer.
10:58Like,
10:59Anna Delvey,
11:00Elizabeth Holm.
11:02Instagram personality,
11:03Carolyn Calloway,
11:04amassed a following
11:05through her romanticized
11:06depictions of her life
11:07at Cambridge.
11:08Deciding to cash in
11:09on that vibe in 2018,
11:10she launched
11:11a multi-city workshop tour,
11:13promising a magical experience
11:14with personalized letters,
11:15orchid crowns,
11:16and a catered vegan lunch.
11:18Tickets were $165,
11:20but instead of
11:21all that nice stuff,
11:22the tour quickly devolved
11:23into utter chaos.
11:24Venues were never
11:25officially secured,
11:26the lavish food turned out
11:27to be takeout salads
11:28and mason jars,
11:29and the customized letters
11:30were never made.
11:31After a massive internet uproar
11:33exposing the sheer incompetence,
11:35Calloway was ultimately
11:36forced to cancel
11:37her remaining dates
11:37and issue sweeping refunds
11:39to attendees.
11:40You're a scammer,
11:41for one,
11:42and like,
11:43you've stolen money
11:43from people.
11:44I'm not,
11:44I don't,
11:45I have no idea
11:45if that's true or not,
11:46I'm just telling you
11:47the perception.
11:48Edfluence,
11:49Jake Paul.
11:50It's always nice
11:50when veterans
11:51can pass down tips
11:52to younger folks
11:53in the industry.
11:54However,
11:54Jake Paul went
11:55another route.
11:56In 2018,
11:57he released
11:58the online course
11:59Edfluence
11:59to teach people
12:00how to be an influencer
12:01and make a career online.
12:03To begin with,
12:04folks were charged $7.
12:05However,
12:06this paywall
12:07only gave access
12:08to one video
12:09full of very basic tips.
12:10The answer is,
12:11you want to post
12:12as much as possible.
12:13To get more information,
12:15people needed to pay
12:15an additional $57,
12:17but it turned out
12:18the rest of the videos
12:19were equally useless.
12:21Edfluence was shut down
12:22in 2020.
12:23Shortly after,
12:23Paul opened up
12:24to the Financial Freedom Movement,
12:26which was essentially
12:27a rebrand of Edfluence,
12:28just far more expensive
12:29at $19.99 per month.
12:32Scamming Romance
12:33Mona Fai's Montrage
12:34Also known as
12:35Mona for real
12:36and Hadja for real,
12:38Mona Fai's Montrage
12:39is a Ghanaian influencer
12:40and hip-like musician.
12:42Check my swagger.
12:44However,
12:45when she was in the UK
12:45in 2022,
12:47Montrage was arrested
12:48on suspicion of fraud.
12:49She was accused
12:50of running a group
12:51that targeted vulnerable
12:52older people with romance,
12:53only to steal vast sums
12:54of cash from them.
12:56It's believed her operation
12:57had taken in
12:57over $2 million.
12:59It was achieved
13:00through fraudulent emails,
13:02text messages,
13:03and social media communication.
13:05In 2023,
13:06Montrage was exordited
13:07to the US
13:07to face charges.
13:09The disgraced influencer
13:10pleaded guilty
13:10to conspiracy
13:11to handle stolen money.
13:13Montrage was sentenced
13:14to a year in jail
13:15in order to pay back
13:16the ill-gotten funds.
13:18The Pandemic Relief Con
13:19Danielle Miller
13:20When COVID-19 hit in 2020,
13:22many governments
13:23set up financial relief funds
13:24to help small businesses
13:26cope with the lost income.
13:27Many people didn't
13:28take advantage,
13:29but then there's
13:29Danielle Miller.
13:31From July 2020
13:31to May 2021,
13:33Miller stole the identities
13:34of 10 people
13:35and used them
13:36to apply for government benefits
13:37that totaled
13:38around $1.5 million.
13:40Accused of stealing
13:41the identities
13:41of more than 10 people
13:43across the country
13:44to obtain COVID-19 relief money.
13:46She then used the money
13:47to fund the luxurious lifestyle
13:48she promoted
13:49on social media,
13:50including chartering
13:51private planes
13:51and staying
13:52in expensive hotels.
13:53In 2023,
13:55while she was already
13:55serving a five-year sentence
13:56for bank fraud in Florida,
13:58the self-described con artist
13:59was sentenced
14:00to another five years
14:01in Massachusetts.
14:02Every penny
14:02that went to a fraudster
14:04from the unemployment
14:05insurance program
14:06didn't go to someone
14:07who was unemployed.
14:08And that's a real tragedy
14:10out of this.
14:11Lymphoma Can Suck It
14:12Amanda Riley
14:13In 2012,
14:14while living in San Jose,
14:15California,
14:16Amanda Riley announced
14:17she had stage three
14:18Hodgkin's lymphoma.
14:20The Christian blogger
14:21soon set up the blog
14:22Lymphoma Can Suck It,
14:23where she detailed
14:24her battle with the disease
14:25with images of her
14:26in a hospital.
14:27She started a blog.
14:28It blew up pretty quickly.
14:31Amanda was the symbol
14:32of hope in the church.
14:34On top of that,
14:35donation websites
14:36were created to help,
14:37bringing in over $100,000
14:39and giving Riley the chance
14:40to meet celebrities.
14:41However,
14:42it was all a lie.
14:43There was no reason
14:44for us to doubt
14:45that she was telling the truth.
14:47In 2015,
14:48Riley's friend Lisa Berry
14:50contacted investigative reporter
14:51Nancy Maciatello
14:53with concerns
14:54about the illness being faced.
14:55In 2019,
14:56Riley was arrested for fraud
14:58and in 2021,
14:59she pleaded guilty
15:00to the charges
15:01and received five years in jail
15:03on top of paying restitution
15:04for the stolen cash.
15:05She has told me
15:06that she is deeply regretful
15:09and wanted to save her time.
15:11Shock.
15:12Hawk Tua.
15:13It's weird the sort of things
15:14that can make a person famous.
15:15For Hayley Welch,
15:16it was popping up
15:17intoxicated
15:18in a YouTube video
15:19for Tim and Dee TV.
15:21There,
15:21she detailed
15:22how to make men happy
15:23with Hawk Tua,
15:24earning her that nickname.
15:25Oh, you gotta give him
15:26that Hawk Tua.
15:28From that,
15:29Welsh became a viral star,
15:30creating a brand.
15:31However,
15:32like Icarus,
15:33she flew too close
15:34to the sun.
15:34In late 2024,
15:36Welsh announced
15:36her cryptocurrency
15:37meme coin token,
15:39Shock.
15:39Within hours of its release,
15:41the coin's market value
15:42shut up,
15:43then plummeted 90%
15:44from $490 million
15:46to $60 million,
15:48later falling to $25 million.
15:50Investors lost all their money,
15:52sparking allegations
15:52it was all a scam
15:53and culminating in a lawsuit.
15:55The lawsuit targets
15:56the Hawk token's
15:57creators and promoters,
15:59but not Welsh herself.
16:01Teen Scheme,
16:02Kayla Massa.
16:03Armed with hundreds
16:03of thousands of followers
16:05across social media accounts,
16:06Kayla Massa started posting
16:08Instagram photos
16:09of stacks of cash
16:10and asking people
16:11to DM her
16:11if they wanted
16:12to make easy money.
16:13She would prey
16:13on her followers
16:15to light her own pockets.
16:16Preying primarily
16:17on her teen following,
16:19Massa was engaged
16:19in a complicated scam
16:21to deposit stolen money orders
16:22into their accounts,
16:24then withdraw the cash
16:25for herself
16:25before the banks
16:26discovered the fraud.
16:27When the Marx realized
16:28what happened,
16:29Massa would block them.
16:30Authorities say
16:31Massa blocked
16:32the victims online
16:33while she deposited
16:35bogus checks
16:36made in the names
16:37of real businesses.
16:38Altogether,
16:39Massa and her accomplices
16:40took in over $1.5 million
16:42before getting arrested
16:43in 2020.
16:44In 2025,
16:45Massa posted
16:46on a new Instagram account
16:48since the last one
16:49was deleted,
16:49saying that she spent
16:50the previous 13 months
16:51in jail
16:52and was now
16:52under house arrest.
16:54The fake lifestyle,
16:55Hush Puppy.
16:56Nigerian influencer
16:57Ramon Oloronwa Abbas,
16:59better known as Hush Puppy,
17:00was known for posting
17:01his lavish lifestyle
17:02on social media.
17:03He really kind of
17:05put it in everybody's face,
17:06like,
17:07hey,
17:08look at me.
17:09Abbas claimed
17:09he made his cash
17:10as a real estate developer,
17:11but in reality,
17:12he was committing
17:13massive fraud.
17:14In 2019,
17:15he was part of a scheme
17:16to launder $14.7 million
17:18stolen by hackers
17:19at Malta's
17:20Bank of Valletta,
17:21plunging the country
17:22into panic.
17:23Abbas also attempted
17:24to steal $124 million
17:26from an unnamed
17:27English Premier League
17:28football team.
17:29His targets allegedly
17:30included
17:31a U.S. law firm,
17:32a foreign bank,
17:33and an English
17:34Premier League club.
17:35After his arrest,
17:36Abbas admitted his plan
17:37to launder over $300 million.
17:39In 2022,
17:41he was sentenced
17:41to 11 years in jail
17:42and had to pay
17:43$1.7 million
17:44in restitution.
17:46I think even though
17:47we believe Mr. Abbas
17:48is a major player
17:50in this,
17:51he's only a bit player
17:53in the entire infrastructure
17:55of the complete organization.
17:57Easter eggs
17:57at Pandoro,
17:59Chiara Faragni.
18:00With millions of followers
18:01on social media,
18:02Faragni was one of
18:03Italy's biggest influencers.
18:04She even had a Barbie
18:05designed after her.
18:06My name is Chiara Ferragni
18:08and I chime
18:08for women's empowerment.
18:10In 2022,
18:11Faragni began selling
18:12Pandoro,
18:13an Italian Christmas cake,
18:14claiming that sales
18:15would help fund research
18:16at the Regina Margherita
18:17Pediatric Hospital.
18:19Understandably,
18:19people believed
18:20that in buying the cakes,
18:21they were supporting
18:22the hospital.
18:23Previously,
18:24Faragni had also
18:24sold Easter eggs
18:25that supposedly benefited
18:26a children's charity.
18:27However,
18:28both of these
18:29were seemingly lies,
18:30as neither organization
18:31received any money.
18:32In 2023,
18:33Faragni was fined
18:34almost $1.2 million
18:35for the Pandoro scandal.
18:37In 2024,
18:38she agreed to pay
18:39nearly $1.3 million
18:41to a charity
18:42for the Easter eggs.
18:43She's also facing
18:43criminal charges.
18:45Model's secret life
18:46of horror,
18:46Cat Torres.
18:47In addition to being
18:48a model,
18:49Brazilian,
18:50Cachuccia Torres
18:51Soares,
18:52known as Cat Torres,
18:53ran an Instagram account
18:54that promoted self-help,
18:56much of which
18:56revolved around
18:57spiritualism.
18:58America was where
18:59Cat really started
19:00to take off
19:00on social media.
19:02And it was Instagram
19:03that enabled her
19:04to build and monetize
19:05her own wellness brand,
19:07turning followers
19:08into clients.
19:10However,
19:11Torres wasn't as humanitarian
19:12as she appeared.
19:13In reality,
19:14she was positioning herself
19:15as a cult leader
19:16and taking advantage
19:17of fellow Brazilians
19:18in need.
19:19Torres invited them
19:20to live with her
19:20in the US.
19:21But when they arrived,
19:22they were trafficked
19:23and turned into slaves
19:24under Torres' control.
19:26In Brazil,
19:27the story dominated
19:28news outlets.
19:29The women's family
19:31and friends
19:31started social media campaigns
19:33in a desperate bid
19:34to find them.
19:35The disappearance
19:36of two women
19:37led the FBI
19:37to get involved
19:38and eventually,
19:39Torres was arrested.
19:40In 2024,
19:41she was sentenced
19:42to eight years in prison.
19:43I am one year
19:44and a half in jail.
19:46In real jail
19:47with real people
19:49that committed
19:50real crimes.
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20:17When I rise,
20:18you fill my head
20:20In every dream,
20:21it's you I've made
20:24Fake Cancer
20:25Belle Gibson
20:26In 2013,
20:28Australia's Belle Gibson
20:29burst onto the influencer scene
20:31by releasing
20:31the nutrition mobile app
20:33The Whole Pantry.
20:34Even more impressive,
20:35Gibson supposedly did it
20:36while suffering
20:37from multiple cancers,
20:38which she detailed
20:39on social media.
20:40She said
20:40she was a sick young mum
20:42who found her salvation
20:44in wholesome foods
20:45and natural therapies.
20:46Gibson even stated
20:47she'd given
20:48hundreds of thousands
20:49of dollars to charity.
20:50However,
20:51all of it was a lie.
20:52Gibson didn't have
20:53cancer and she didn't
20:54give money to charity.
20:55Along with the Schwartz family,
20:57there have been
20:57a number of charities
20:58Belle has pledged money to
21:00which have not seen a cent.
21:02In 2015,
21:03after months of speculation
21:04and a growing mountain
21:05of evidence,
21:06she admitted her fraud
21:07in an interview
21:08with the Australian
21:09Women's Weekly.
21:10In 2017,
21:11she was found
21:11around 311,000 USD
21:14for her fraud,
21:15which of course
21:16she has yet to pay.
21:17While she concedes
21:18she might have caused
21:19damage to others,
21:20extraordinarily,
21:22Belle maintains
21:22she's the real victim here.
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