Belle Gibson is FINALLY made to pay: Authorities seize the notorious cancer faker’s assets to force her to re-pay the $500,000 in fines she owes for her fraudulent ‘Whole Pantry’ app
- Warrant was quietly issued for authorities to sell, seize Belle Gibson’s assets
- Infamous Gibson pretended to have treated brain cancer with healthy eating
- Lied about donating her profits to charity when she only donated $10,000
- Young mother was fined $410,000 but said she ‘wasn’t in a position’ to pay it
- Consumer watchdog filed a warrant at the Federal Court late last month
Authorities have finally moved on notorious cancer fraudster Belle Gibson, raiding her home and seizing her assets to pay back her six figure fine.
Daily Mail Australia can exclusively reveal Victorian Sheriff’s officers executed a ‘seize and sell’ warrant on the con artist’s home in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The discredited ‘Whole Pantry’ founder has been living free and seemingly happy in the since she was fined $410,000 in September 2017 – even holidaying overseas.
Consumer Affairs Victoria quietly filed for the warrant at the Federal Court in late December, six months after she insisted she wasn’t ‘in a position’ to pay the fine.
Sheriff’s Officers today descended on her white-picket semi in Northcote, in the city’s north-east, this morning.
The Victorian sheriff executed a search warrant on Belle Gibson’s home
Meanwhile, it can be revealed that the money she owes the government has ballooned to more than $500,000, including fines, interest and other penalties.
A spokeswoman for Consumer Affairs Victoria said: ‘Sheriff’s Officers visited an address in Northcote today to execute a warrant of seizure and sale on items belonging to Ms Gibson.
‘Consumer Affairs Victoria is committed to recovering the debt Ms Gibson owes the Victorian public and will continue to pursue Ms Gibson until it is repaid in full.’
Gibson has lived a free and seemingly happy life despite the whopping sum she owes the public.
But just what the watchdog has sought to seize from Gibson remains unclear.
Gibson was hauled in front of the court last June where she claimed: ‘I’m not in a position to pay a $410,000 fine at this time’.
Carl Moller, the barrister for Consumer Affairs, told Gibson she had spent $91,000 over two years, when she claimed to have earned just $35,000.
‘I don’t accept that,’ Gibson replied.
The court heard Gibson had travelled to Bali and Africa during that time.
Gibson was unimpressed when spotted by a news photographer in inner Melbourne last October – turning her phone on him
She had splurged $13,000 on clothes, cosmetics and accessories and a further $45,000 was listed as ‘discretionary spending’.
Mr Moller asked the infamous con artist: ‘Can you find some money to pay off the fine?’
‘No,’ Gibson replied.
Gibson refused to tell the court who transferred her $1600 to fund her ongoing trip to Bali.
‘Is it seriously your evidence that $1600 was deposited into your account, in three deposits in the space of about a week, and you don’t know who deposited it?’ Mr Moller asked.
‘I’d have to speculate and I’m not willing to do that,’ Gibson replied.
Asked if she would consider bankruptcy or entering a payment plan with the State of Victoria, Gibson said it was ‘a consideration’.
The matter was adjourned to allow the consumer watchdog to decide whether to continue to pursue Gibson for the money or bankrupt her and write off the fines.