How glamorous FBI Most Wanted fugitive who faked brain cancer mysteriously resurfaced to call ex-husband years after vanishing

A cancer faker accused of duping family and friends out of $100,000 who was recently added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list contacted her ex-husband from Australia, The Post has learned.Vanessa O’Rourke, 37, has been hiding from authorities for years, but unexpectedly called Michael Gulinello, 42, of Massachusetts asking for his help around 2020.

“She somehow got a hold of me.She called and asked me if I could send her proof we got divorced because her mom can’t do it,” Gulinello told The Post, noting he’d changed his number since he and O’Rourke parted in 2010.

“I said no — she was already wanted.”Gulinello was also less than inclined to help after his “pathological liar” ex left him deeply in debt and misled him throughout their marriage.O’Rourke, of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, told Gulinello she needed the paperwork to return to the US, he said.

However, if the fugitive were to return she would face the 15 counts of wire fraud she has been indicted on.Authorities say O’Rourke has used aliases including Vanessa Gulinello and Cecilia Vincent Gaeta Lazaro, as well as changing her appearance to evade capture.She is alleged to have faked glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer, to con friends, family and supporters between 2015 and 2016 and has been hiding from authorities since her 2018 indictment over her “nauseating” scheme, in which she allegedly used the donations to fund luxury vacations in Australia.Gulinello said the extent of the allegations against his ex have stunned him but, in hindsight, there were red flags during their relationship.Recalling one incident before they wed, he explained: “We were supposed to get married at some hall and had to put a $2,500 deposit down.Then she said she found out we couldn’t get married there and told me they said they could only give $1,200 back.“The deposit was actually fully refundable.

About a month later her mom got a car.I feel like that money was given to her mom.”Gulinel...