Wellness fraudster Belle Gibson has been ordered to pay a mandatory $410,000 after she was found to have misled vulnerable Australians with claims that she cured cancer.

Justice Debbie Mortimer handed down the judgment in the Federal Court on Thursday over five contraventions of Australian consumer law. Gibson was not in the courtroom.

Consumer Affairs Victoria launched legal action against Gibson in May last year, alleging false and misleading conduct in relation to her health and unlawful fundraising appeals in 2013 and 2014.

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