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Old 11-01-2010, 03:02 PM   #1
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Canadian cancer scam artist Ashley Kirilow has been charged with seven counts of fraud for raising $20,000 for her fake cancer charity, and nabbing free trips to Disneyland with her elaborate cancer lie.

Kirilow—who waxed her head to fake the effects of chemotherapy and now says she is bipolar—surrendered herself to police in August. What had started as a "sympathy grift" spiraled into a lucrative charity fraud that have now earned Ashley six criminal charges for "fraud under $5000" (maximum penalty: two years in prison) and one for "fraud over $5000" (maximum penalty: 14 years in prison). The 23-year-old is expected to plead guilty to all charges in court tomorrow.
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Meet your new devious cancer-scammer: 23-year-old Toronto resident Ashley Kirilow. She shaved her head, waxed her eyebrows, plucked her eyelashes and allegedly scammed more than $20,000 through her charity, "Change" for the Cure.

Kirilow—whose parents say "you couldn't trust anything she was saying" growing up—started her scam after having a benign lump removed from her breast in 2008, according to the Toronto Star. This minor operation was the seed from which Kirilow grew her elaborate cancer lie.

Pretending to have every cancer from brain to breast, she became the cause celebre of Toronto's music and skateboarding scene, tricking hundreds of people into helping her raise money for her treatment and her fake charity (really just a Facebook page), "Change for the Cure," through benefit concerts and change buckets. One event alone raised $9,000, and a skateboarding-related cancer charity gave her a free trip to Disney World.

One woman posted on her "charity's" Facebook wall: "I stand amazed that such a young soul could inspire so many with fresh drive to fight against a disease that has affected every one of us in some way. "

This all ended when her father discovered her scam, according to the Star. He gave her an ultimatum: confess or he'd reveal the truth. She apparently didn't confess, and on August 1st, 17-year-old Jamie Counsell posted this on his blog:

As many of you know, I have done a lot of work in the past with "Change" For A Cure. I personally raised over $1500 by running two local shows at the Sharon Hall. These shows saw so much love, and so much talent. I am writing this to inform you of some news that I am sure will raise some questions. We have been contacted by family members of Ashley Kirilow, the founder and director of "Change" For A Cure, who have told us that Ashley never had cancer. She led us to believe that she did in order to start this charity. She waxed her head and plucked her eyebrows in an attempt to look as if she was suffering the effects of chemo.
Kirilow admitted to the Star that she faked her cancer, but says she only used it to scam around $5,000 for her fake charity. So, you know, no big deal! Nobody knows where she is now, but we imagine she's partying with Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell somewhere up in Grifter Heaven before her stint in Grifter Hell (jail).
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Wow I can't believe her dad was the one that exposed her
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cause shes probably a freakin psycho, thats why u dont donate to these little charities etc. that have no history or backing, who knows where your money goes

or things like "txt XXXX to donate $5 to haiti"

hell even United way is pretty bogus from multiple personal examples ive heard of/experienced

hard to trust any sort of charitable foundation these days or at least rely on any sort of relative portion of your donation actually making it into the right hands.
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what a stupid fucken bitch. She should be tossed in a male prison down south and have to sleep in a different cell every night. Shit like that make's me sick!!!
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disgusting, hope she gets the worst of it
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what a fucking slap to the face to those who have been affected by cancer, which is almost everyone. Please burn in hell kkthxbye.
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She should be tossed in a male prison down south and have to sleep in a different cell every night.
Ooooooh......... you're almost as sick as me.
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Wow I can't believe her dad was the one that exposed her
that's what you can't believe out of her whole story? oO


they should force her to do 8760hrs of community service at the Cancer Agencies
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Wow that's fucking low. I hope she enjoys prison. Bitch deserves a real cancer.
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This chick should be forced to volunteer working with cancer patients until she's repaid every dime. After jail, ofcourse.
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wow, up to 16yrs in jail. hope it was worth it! haha

this is bad, but did anyone else catch the news about the local chinese lady claiming to have a cure for cancer? they ambushed her on the news.. i can't remember what channel, only saw the preview.
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this is bad, but did anyone else catch the news about the local chinese lady claiming to have a cure for cancer? they ambushed her on the news.. i can't remember what channel, only saw the preview.
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An unlicensed "natural health doctor" in a tony neighbourhood of Vancouver has been caught on tape making a claim to a skin cancer patient that her cancer could be cured with herbal pills for up to $2,000 a month.

Dr. Grace Tseng told a patient carrying a hidden camera for CTV News that her skin cancer could be helped by eating fish instead of chicken, and that pills based on her own herbal mix are the secret to a cure that has so far eluded medical doctors.

"If you believe, anything can happen," Tseng told a patient hoping for a cancer cure.

The claims by Tseng are the kind that could give terminal patients false hope, said Dr. Harvey Lui, the head of the University of B.C.'s Department of Dermatology and Skin Science.

"It's not that simple," he said. Instead, patients believing that diet changes and herbal pills would make a difference might not seek evidence-based treatment that is covered for free by medicare, said Dr. Lui.

"I get very concerned that someone might not get the appropriate treatment and then down the road may end up with a larger tumour or a tumour more difficult to treat," Dr. Lui said.

Three years ago Tseng's office at the Beyond Clinic in Kerrisdale was visited by the family of seven-year-old Sean Leung, who was having a bleeding nose and problems with his bowels and liver.

They were desperately looking for a solution after the only advice from medical doctors was that he would outgrow the condition.

"My wife told me that it was expensive," said Sunny Leung, Sean's father. "I said, it doesn't matter, it's our son."

Sean's aunt Cindy said she believed that Tseng was a doctor, but said she became suspicious of Tseng when the practitioner made a startling claim.

"She said she can help your overall health, she has medication, she has technology and equipment," said Cindy Leung. "She said she could cure cancer."

The Leung family pulled Sean from treatment. When they were contacted by CTV News, they explained their story -- and we wanted to see the doctor's so-called cure for ourselves.

We went undercover with the help of Barbara Marks, who has fibromyalgia and basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer. Both are diseases for which there is treatment, but no known cure.

For Marks, the prospect of being healed would be amazing.

"It would be worth everything," she told CTV News. "It would change my whole life."

Marks went in with a CTV News producer. When they arrived for the appointment, Tseng and her staff showed many pictures of patients whose symptoms she claimed disappeared after treatment.

"Breast cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer," she says, pointing to pictures. "What did you do?" the producer asked. "Herbal treatment," she replied. "Were they cured?" the producer asked. "Yes," she replied.

She explained that the key to her treatment was in the form of the herbal medicine that was her own secret recipe.

"Concentrated herbal medicine has many immune system boosts," Tseng said, adding that she could cure Marks' conditions as well.

Tseng first tested Marks with a device where she pressed a needle against the flesh of Marks' ear. The idea, she says, is that the skin of the ear reflects the interior of the body.

"The digestion is not good," Tseng concludes.

She tells Marks to stop eating chicken, and start eating fish.

"There are hormones in the chicken that makes the skin problems grow," she said. "Eat fish. Only fish. No chicken, no other kinds of meat."

Then Marks and the producer sit down at the table to learn the cost of herbal treatment.

According to Tseng, there are four levels of cancer, described as a range of "+" to "++++". Treatment for "+" is $550 a month, while the highest level of treatment is "++++" at $2000 a month.

Her assistant recommends trying ++ cancer treatment, which costs $750 a month.

If it doesn't improve right away, they should improve the treatment and get a more expensive pill, the assistant says. +++ treatment would cost $1500 a month.

If there is no improvement, the best option for the patient is to increase the dose to "++++", which costs $2000 a month, the assistant said.

Dr Lui of UBC's Dermatology Department said he was unaware of any treatment that used herbal pills for skin cancer, and had never heard of a link between chicken, fish, and skin cancer.

"It won't go away by wishing it away," he said. "It has to be dealt with properly."

The only "holistic" treatment that has any effect on skin cancer is avoiding the UV rays in the sun, Dr. Lui said. Most people face surgery to remove tumours from the skin.

Sean Leung still has a few symptoms but his family is now taking him to a licensed Naturopath.

The Leung family believe there were only two options: that Tseng's cures worked or they didn't.

"If you can cure cancer, you should let the world know," said Cindy Leung. "Why are you keeping this to yourself? Something doesn't make sense."

For a list of regulated health professionals, visit the B.C. Health Ministry website

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Jon Woodward and Mi-Jung Lee

Watch CTV News at Six for a live report from CTV's Mi-Jung Lee
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