Ryley Cruz appeared in court charged with 14 cases of fraud. Picture: GNS

Ryley Cruz, 37, conned several victims — and then feigned cancer when they caught her out, reports The Sun.

One victim, property developer Steven Wood, lost £34,000 ($56,000) within weeks of meeting her on the “Sugar Daddies” dating website, a court heard.

She told him she was a successful barrister awaiting a £150,000 ($247,000) inheritance but had “short-term cashflow problems”.

The 37-year-old had donned a number of aliases over the three years. Picture: TwitterSource:Twitter

Mr Wood, 54, paid her rent on a five-bedroom Regency house in Cheltenham, UK, for her and her teenage son.

He also gave her £1500 ($2500) when she told him she had left her barrister’s wig on a train and needed a new one, a jury heard.

One victim paid her rent on the five-bedroom house she shared with her teenage son, believing she was due to inherit soon and would pay him back. Picture: GNSSource:Supplied

Other victims included a pub landlord, a cafe owner and several estate agents.

Cruz was jailed for five years and three months after admitting to 14 fraud charges.

She denied defrauding Mr Wood and claimed he had paid her for sex but was found guilty at Gloucester crown court.

Cruz conned people over three years.

She had also tricked magazine Grazia into paying her for a feature about her “cancer” in 2008.

And she went to the Birchwood Park Golf Centre in Berkshire posing as a “Wonderbra model” — joining a mayor in releasing 2000 pink balloons for a breast cancer charity.

The court heard how Cruz would flee when a victim began to be suspicious of her. Picture: GNSSource:Supplied

Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Cruz: “You are a practised fraudster.

“You are quite unconcerned about the effects on your victims.”

The judge added: “When your victims became suspicious, you fled.

“And when pursued you would play the ace in your pack — you said you had cancer.

“You even managed to get yourself into one of our leading hospitals by saying you had cancer.

“Naturally, your victims then held back.

“You have shown not one ounce of remorse or regret for any of your offences.

“The word sorry has not been uttered by you once.”

Jason Coulter, defending, asked the court to take into account that “most of the sums extracted by my client have been relatively modest”.

This article originally appeared on The Sun.