Madison Russo of Iowa, now 20, will avoid jail provided she repays nearly $40,000 she defrauded from donors by falsely claiming to suffer from cancer.
A 20-year-old Iowa woman faces no jail time after defrauding more than $39,000 from donors and charities by fabricating her 'cancer journey' on social media — a scheme that she said was contrived so her fractured family would give her attention. Madison Russo pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in June. Although she faced up to 10 years in prison, Scott County Attorney Kelly Cunningham did not argue for time behind bars, citing her lack of criminal history, employment and good grades.
Per court documents, Russo's ruse unraveled when medical professionals began noticing and reporting the 'terrible, life-threatening inaccuracies of her medical equipment placement on her body' in her 'chemo' TikTok videos, noting the irregularities in the color and placement of cords and tubes on her body.
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