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Woman shaves head to fake cancer, collects Sh1.5million

Katie Shellhorse went as far as shaving her hair several times to resemble a cancer patient. [Courtesy]

By now we probably all know of someone who has died of cancer and are familiar with the painful process. There is a high likelihood that you have contributed some money to help a cancer patient get treatment or know of a WhatsApp group that was created for that particular purpose.

A woman in Georgia, US, was this week arrested and charged with one count of theft by deception after faking cancer diagnosis and raising over Sh1.5million.

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