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Ashley Anne Kirilow is an Ontario woman who raised money to aid cancer sufferers, while pretending herself to be a cancer sufferer.〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕 When Kirilow's fraud was made public her story was republished around the world.〔 〕 Kirilow and her supporters report receiving death threats.〔 (mirror ) 〕 Since her case became public Kirilow's fraud has been cited as a cautionary example of the dangers posed by online fund-raising campaigns.〔 (mirror ) 〕 ==Medical condition== In 2008 or 2009 Kirilow discovered a lump in her breast.〔 〕 Although a biopsy showed the lump was benign, she told people she had cancer. According to the ''Toronto Sun'', psychotherapist Marc Feldman, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Alabama, suggested the kind of lies Kirilow told were often a sign an individual was manifesting Münchausen Syndrome by internet.〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 〕 Kirilow was one of the examples of a mentally ill suspect offered in the textbook ''Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis''.〔 When she was sentenced, in April 2011, as part of his explanation for her relatively lenient sentence, Justice Fred Forsyth noted how young her parents were, when she was born.〔 Kirilow's mother had been just fifteen years old. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashley Kirilow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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