LOWNDES Co. – The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office says Mandy Thornton Hargraves turned herself in on Monday for taking donations for a fake cancer diagnosis.

Last year, Mandy asked friends to launch the fundraiser “Mandy Strong” to help with medical expenses.

According to the GoFundMe account, Mandy claims she was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer of the stomach, lymph nodes, bloodstream, and heart.

LCSO says the investigation took nearly a year, after being notified by family and friends that the cancer was a fraud.

Hargraves is being charged with a misdemeanor for theft by deception.

Read more from reporter Noelani Mathews at WCTV.