Ever heard of Erie, PA hardcore band Counterfeit or their frontwoman Hali Etie? We hadn’t until this morning, but you bet your ass we won’t forget them now.

Apparently, for the past few months, Etie has been claiming to have Stage 3 cervical cancer, and has been using a GoFundMe campaign to raise $3000 dollars to help fund her treatment. She’s also been the subject of multiple tribute shows, customized T-shirts, et cetera.

Only problem? Etie apparently doesn’t have cancer. Yeah, fuck this chick.

Hardcore Cares, an organization usually focused on helping animals, originally rallied around Etie. However, since the singer’s fraud has come to light, they have released the following statement:

Concerning the Hali Etie fraud case. Hali Etie front woman for Erie, Pa Band Counterfeit. Hardcore Cares as well as many others was caught up in the fraudulent claims that Hali was suffering through (Stage3 / Type B / Cervical Cancer).. Hali & Counterfeit have been a mainstay with HCC from early on. We had no reason not to believe the claims were in fact true. Even after a private message from a concerned individual that he claims were false we backed her & supported her. Hardcore Cares started backing her claims of Cancer on July 15th 2015. We did put together a benefit show for her, customized Tshirts & shared the gofundme.com link religiously. about a week prior to the benefit show we started to see cracks in the story. Things just were not adding up. But she still had the support of key people close to her , so based on that & her presence in HCC we motored on. It was after seeing a post on Sunday 9/6/2015 that all the facts came together & her story crumbled. All the gut instincts & cracks were true. We at Hardcore Cares were devastated. Here is a woman we had great respect for on a musical & personal level that had used us like so many others throughout this escapade. We absolutely send out our sincerest thanks to all that donated their time at Hali’s benefit ” Throwdown In Motown” on 8/15/2015. Corktown Tavern donated the venue, Leslie made from scratch cupcakes to sell, volunteers to BBQ, 5 bands CST, Death In Custody, Consumed With Hatred, Never Submit & The Family. The outstanding staff at Corktown Tavern that always supports HCC & had an even deeper love for this event.