By Press Association 2021
Nicole Elkabbas court case
A woman who faked having cancer and raked in more than £45,000 in donations from well-wishers has been jailed.
Nicole Elkabbas conned kind-hearted members of the public out of thousands using a convincing GoFundMe page and even a picture of her lying in a hospital bed.
She splurged the money on trips to Barcelona and Rome, gambling, and a box at Tottenham Hotspur football club.
During her scheme she spoke about her ovarian cancer diagnosis, subsequent surgery and round after round of gruelling chemotherapy in what prosecutors said were “detailed lies”.
Nicole Elkabbas posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed to con members of the public out of thousands of pounds (Crown Prosecution Service/PA)
Cancer faker Nicole Elkabbas jailed after Gofundme scam
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Updated: 16:44, 10 February 2021
A fantasist cancer faker who pocketed £50,000 of donations to fund a gambling addiction has today been jailed.
Nicole Elkabbas, 42, from Broadstairs, spent well-wishersâ money on jaunts abroad, hotels, restaurants and almost £4,000 on a box at Tottenham Hotspur after gambling £63,000 in a year.
Nicole Elkabbas
The former Harrods fashion consultant baited almost 700 victims by posting a bogus picture of herself in a hospital bed on GoFundMe in 2017.
Handing Elkabbas a two years and nine months prison sentence, Judge Mark Weekes told the fraudster her allegations were pure wild fantasy and a deliberate deceit.
Broadstairs cancer faker faced fraud claims over charity boxing gala for Broadstairs Town Team
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Updated: 15:56, 01 February 2021
A mum who faked cancer to pocket £45,000 of donations also faced allegations of fraud over a charity boxing match she organised.
Nicole Elkabbas, from Broadstairs, will be sentenced this week after being found guilty of fraudulently setting up GoFundMe page, claiming she needed the money for life-saving treatment.
Nicole Elkabbas
Instead, the former Harrods worker transferred tens of thousands of pounds from well-wishers - who were convinced she was dying - into her personal bank account and used it to fund a gambling problem as well as jaunts abroad and nearly £4,000 worth of Tottenham Hotspur tickets.