US woman who faked cancer may have Münchausen syndrome – prosecutors

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 Munchausen 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.