FORMER wellness blogger Belle Gibson has been spotted in Melbourne this week, after it was revealed last month she is yet to pay up after a court found she duped Aussie consumers.

Gibson was fined $410,000 by the Federal Court in September for breaking five contraventions of Australian Consumer Law.

Gibson claimed she had brain cancer and healed herself with natural remedies and told well-meaning consumers that she would donate money from her Whole Pantry app and book sales to various charities, including a boy with inoperable brain cancer.

Although Gibson received $440,500 from sales of her app and book, she only donated about $10,000 to charity.

She and her company Inkerman Road Nominees – which was placed in liquidation – only began making the small donations after the media began questioning her claims.

In handing down her judgment, Justice Mortimer said Gibson not only tried to garner sympathy for her own claimed cancer, but promoted herself as generous and selfless so people would buy her products.

Belle Gibson claimed that she was diagnosed with brain cancer 2009, and that she was given four months to live.

The judge said her failure to apologise or attend any of her court hearings showed she again placed her own interests ahead of others.

“If there is one theme or pattern which emerges through her conduct, it is her relentless obsession with herself and what best serves her interests,” she said.

Even after being put on notice during an interview with publisher Penguin – who offered her a book advance – that there were likely to be real questions about her charitable giving, Gibson continued the lies.

At the time, Consumer Affairs Victoria acting director Elizabeth Lanyon said the penalty showed that those seeking to profit from deceptive, misleading or unconscionable conduct would be held to account.

The maximum penalty Gibson could have faced was $1.1 million.

A spokesman for Consumer Affairs Victoria, which brought the action, said it was considering all legal options.

“The Federal Court has strict procedures regarding enforcement of its orders. Consumer Affairs Victoria is following this process while considering all legal options available in respect to the orders,” he said.

Enforcement may include issuing an order to seize and sell property or possessing land or goods.