A Pennsylvania woman accused of faking terminal brain cancer to scam her friends and family out of more than $10,000 is now on the FBI‘s most wanted list.
Investigators have renewed their search for Vanessa O’Rourke, 37, who allegedly used GoFundMe donations to fund a vacation to Australia instead of medical care.
O’Rourke said in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and often fatal form of brain cancer.
She told family and friends she needed to travel to Australia for experimental medical care between October 2015 and July 2016, according to a new FBI release.
O’Rourke, who was a 28-year-old brain surgery
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