Article 6V8EY Belle Gibson: Victorian authorities ‘won’t let up’ on pursuit of cancer con artist’s unpaid $410,000 fine

Belle Gibson: Victorian authorities ‘won’t let up’ on pursuit of cancer con artist’s unpaid $410,000 fine

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Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6V8EY)

Speaking after Netflix released Apple Cider Vinegar, Jacinta Allan says consumer watchdog is constantly' working to recover fine imposed in 2017

The Victorian premier says the state's consumer watchdog is constantly" pursuing cancer conwoman Belle Gibson and won't let up" until she pays the fine she was ordered to pay more than seven years ago.

Gibson, who is the now the subject of a new Netflix series, Apple Cider Vinegar, was in 2017 ordered by the federal court to pay a $410,000 fine plus $30,000 in legal costs for misleading and deceptive conduct, after she falsely claimed to have been diagnosed with brain cancer and cured through alternative therapies and nutrition.

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