A Nevada mom admitted she lied about having pancreatic cancer and scammed more than $20,000 in donations from her kindhearted victims in the process. Haleigh Knight pleaded guilty during a hearing on Monday, April 13, to a felony theft charge and admitted to lying about a cancer diagnosis so that she could set up fake fundraising pages to scam people into donating to her, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The con lasted between June 2023 and April 2024.