The IRS says that Amanda C. Riley pretended to have cancer to solicit donations. SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Gilroy woman has been charged with soliciting more than $60,000 in donations she asked for on Facebook and her blog to help pay for cancer treatments she did not need or receive, and then used the money for herself, according to federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service.Amanda C.
Riley was charged in U.S. District Court in Northern California with wire fraud on Monday. In all, from October 2012 to February 2016, Riley received 447 online donations totaling $60,272.43 though her 'Support Amanda' page alone, prosecutors allege.