Wellness fraud Belle Gibson had overseas travel invoiced to her eight-year-old son

Belle Gibson’s accounts contain “curious aspects”, Melbourne’s Federal Court heard today as the cancer conwoman tried to explain why she hadn’t yet paid a $410,000 fine.

Forensic accountants have started examining the 27-year-old's financial documents after she failed to pay the penalty for breaching consumer law by duping Australians with fake cancer claims.

Gibson has been investing in crypto-currency, trading in futures and also has a Sportsbet account.

Consumer Affairs Victoria barrister Elle Nikou Madalin said: "(The documents) reveal a great many transactions overwhelmingly in the nature of discretionary spending."

Gibson explained to the court she currently lives with her son and friend Clive - who pays the majority of the rent - but wasn’t able to tell the court what he does for work, despite living with him since 2015.

The court has also heard that Gibson’s recent trip to Africa, via Singapore, was invoiced to her eight-year-old son, listing him as the ‘lead passenger,’ and herself as his “companion.  

Gibson arrived at court this morning dressed in a black coat and wearing large sunglasses, walking behind two lawyers shielding her from the waiting media scrum.

Gibson has failed to cough up the $410,000 fine handed to her in September 2017 after she claimed she had brain cancer but healed herself with natural remedies including diet and alternative therapies.

She also lied to consumers, saying she would donate money from her Whole Pantry app and book sales to various charities, including a boy with inoperable brain cancer.

Although Gibson received $440,500 from sales of her app and book, she only donated about $10,000 to charity.

Gibson has previously been told she risked going to jail for failing to pay the penalty over five breaches of consumer law.

Her barrister Andrew Tragardh earlier gave the court a folder of documents divided into 18 categories he said mostly related to two years of bank statements.

He said his client could not afford to keep coming back to court and wanted the matter dealt with on Tuesday.

"My client doesn't have unlimited resources to pay for lawyers to assist her," Mr Tragardh said.

with AAP