Amanda Riley – the woman behind the Scamanda scandal – is serving a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud after faking a cancer diagnosis to scam donations. However, during the Thursday, February 20 finale of Scamanda – the ABC special about her story – viewers received an unexpected update on her current health status.

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At the end of the Scamanda finale, Charlie Webster spoke to Amanda Riley, who’s in the midst of a five-year prison sentence, and gave viewers an update about the scammer’s current status. Webster was the host of the Scamanda podcast in 2023 and appeared in the ABC docuseries as a talking head.

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Berry eventually went to Moscatiello with her suspicions that Riley was lying about her illness. After a thorough investigation, Moscatiello brought her concerns to the San Jose, California, Police Department in 2015. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) got involved the following year and even raided Riley’s home, but no further action was taken.