Like many of Ashley Kirilow's images online, this one on her MySpace page suggests the Burlington, Ont., woman had lost her hair during cancer treatment. (MySpace)

An Ontario woman accused of faking cancer in order to elicit donations for herself has been charged with an additional count of fraud over $5,000.

Ashley Ann Kirilow, 23, was served the new charge at a bail hearing in Milton, Ont., Wednesday. She is accused of having defrauded Burlington, Ont., real estate agent Donna Michalowski.

Kirilow, a resident of Burlington, will be taken into custody and will appear in court again on Thursday.

According to Bob Van de Vrande, a broker at the Sutton Group Results Realty Inc. office where Michalowski works, the new charge relates to a fundraiser held for Kirilow a year and a half ago.

Kirilow began working as a receptionist at the office in September 2008, said Van de Vrande.

He said Kirilow told agents there soon after she was hired that she had just been diagnosed with cancer. Michalowski, after hearing her story, organized a fundraiser in February 2009 at a bar called Club 54 in Burlington. The fundraiser collected $7,000, Van de Vrande said.

The newest charge comes five days after Kirilow was served with three less serious charges of fraud under $5,000.

She was taken into custody by Halton Regional Police on Friday.

Her bail hearing began Monday, but had to be postponed to Wednesday because no one arrived at the hearing to act as a surety for her.

But no one appeared to act as a surety on Wednesday either, so she now faces eight days in custody until the next hearing.

Kirilow is accused of having raised thousands of dollars for herself and a charity she had supposedly established to fund cancer research after telling others she was terminally ill. Kirilow acknowledged in an interview in the Toronto Star that she lied about having cancer.

In June, Halton police said they received a fraud complaint in connection with her alleged charity, called "Change" for a Cure.

The charges against Kirilow have not been proven in court.

With files from The Canadian Press