The woman who earned the derisive nickname “Scamanda” by faking a prolonged fight with terminal cancer and raising money for herself may have Münchausen syndrome – a psychological disorder involving the feigning of illness to win others’ nurturing, according to prosecutors.
That finding about Amanda C Riley – who pleaded guilty in a California federal courthouse in 2021 to defrauding more than $100,000 from hundreds of donors – surfaced as prosecutors successfully argued against an effort by her legal team to secure an early release from prison, as first reported recently by the San Francisco Chronicle.
