Brazilian authorities are investigating the case of a woman who claimed to have it breast cancer to request multiple donations and obtain an amount exceeding 20,000 Brazilian reais (more than 73,000 Mexican pesos).
Camilla Maria Barbosa do Santos, 27 years old, she was denounced by ex-boyfriends, ex-mothers-in-law and other people nearby who claim they lied about his supposed illness to get money from them. Now, she faces trial for felony fraud.
The events took place in Morrinhos, in the south of Goiás, in Brazil. According to that country’s media, Camilla stated that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. “My name is Camilla. I am 27 years old and battling breast cancer. Today, I’m fighting this constant battle. It’s been days and days. I am very scared and I have a huge insecurity,” she said about her networks, according to the Brazilian newspaper. The globe. On that occasion the woman went up a video shaving his head and, later, he undertook several lotteries to raise funds that would allow him to pay for cancer treatment.
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Thus it was that the woman asked for money for her medical care. Photo: Police – O globe Brazil
The young woman declared that she was cured, but that a few years later, precisely at the beginning of 2022, she went to the hospital to undergo tests for dengue. It was there when, according to her, the doctors discovered it the cancer had metastasized in your intestines and lungs.
Camilla said she received her treatment at the Araújo Jorge Cancer Hospital, recognized for being a leading institution in the treatment of cancer patients. The young woman has published on her social networkss videos and photographs from hospital beds while, presumably, he received chemotherapy to treat the progression of the disease.
However, ex-boyfriends, ex-mothers-in-law and other people began to suspect the truth of Camilla’s illness and went to the local police station to report that the woman actually appeared to be a scammer.
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According to the complainants, they had given Camilla a large sum of money for exams and for the purchase of medicines, but after a while they began to doubt whether she was really ill. The authorities launched an investigation against the young woman and determined that she was able to raise more than 20,000 reais in donations. This is taking into account only the people who reported it.
“We have already been able to identify at least five campaigns and lotteries (to request money for treatment), and these amounts were transferred directly to the perpetrator’s account,” said the police station chief, quoted by The globe.
In the investigation, the court found that Camilla she was never treated by the hospital. The Araújo Jorge center informed the police that the 27-year-old woman was not and had not been a patient and that, on the contrary, she constantly went to the chemotherapy area without authorization. The hospital claimed the woman was using someone else’s ID and He entered the place to take pictures. On multiple occasions, the medical center says, she has been kicked off the premises.
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When called to testify, Camilla said she underwent seven chemotherapy sessions at the said health center but that the hospital lost her documents and records in October. For this reason, she said, her medical records could not be found at the scene.
“He claims that all the treatment was done at Araújo Jorge Hospital. So that would be the only place we should look for an exam. In the unit there is no trace, there is no history of that there. The same hospital has denounced various situations in which it was caught within the institution, acting with irregular conduct”, said the commissioner.
According to authorities, they also asked the woman for medical proof of her illness, but she was unable to provide any in the middle of the judicial process and even said she did not have a report proving her diagnosis.
Now, a judge could order that you undergo tests to confirm the veracity of your cancer. The young woman remains free but she faces an investigation for fraud, as reported by the G1 media.
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