Woman faked having cancer and conned real survivor into being 'chemo angel'

Woman faked having cancer and conned real survivor into being 'chemo angel'Las Vegas mum Haleigh Knight pleaded guilty to felony theft after conning tens of thousands of dollars of vulnerable victims, including a real-life cancer survivorNewsLiam Doyle09:22, 16 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesHaleigh Knight admitted to fraudulently taking tens of thousands from people she conned(Image: 8 News Now/YouTube)A "sociopath" who conned a real-life cancer survivor into being her "chemo angel" confessed to faking a pancreatic cancer diagnosis while accepting £15,000 in donations - which she splurged on herself and her children.‌Haleigh Knight, from Las Vegas, Nevada, accepted $20,000 (£14,737) in donations through a fake fundraising page, through which she scammed people, including a longtime friend and breast cancer survivor, from June 2023 to April 2024. Knight lived an influencer life on TikTok while faking the disease, hoping the farce would make people "feel guilty and more inclined to love and be around her".‌She has been charged with felony theft, with one of her victims, a real cancer survivor, telling how she was conned by the mum into becoming her "chemo angel".‌READ MORE: British tourist swindled into paying £1,500 for kebab on popular beachREAD MORE: Fake baby scammer Kira Cousins pulls out of tell-all documentary on scandalView 3 ImagesKnight was living an influencer life posting her experience on social media as she raked in cash(Image: 8 News Now/YouTube)Speaking to local outlet KSNV, Suzanne Duroy said she was among people who donated to a GoFundMe set up by Knight, and was left "in shock" after discovering she never had cancer. Suzanne said she had first met Knight in 2022 while they both worked at a surgery centre, and had moved to Florida to care for her mother when the conwoman's sister reached out about the fake diagnosis.She subsequently became her "chemo angel" and personally sent the mum...