NYPD nabs alleged fortune teller accused of $90K scam
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Police arrested a Manhattan woman for allegedly stealing nearly $90,000 through the seldom enforced crime of fortune telling, according to police and court documents.
And a former New York cop-turned-psychic-hunter said he was instrumental in the arrest.
Pamela Ufie, 29, was arrested Thursday for a 2023 incident during which police say she told a 43-year-old client that the woman’s son suffered from a generational curse. Ufie allegedly convinced the woman to spend $87,000 on “specialty materials necessary to conduct rituals that would help the Defendant defeat the curse.”
Police said Ufie has had two previous arrests for similar schemes, but documents on those cases were unavailable.
Ufie pleaded not guilty during her arraignment Friday. She did not return multiple calls seeking comment.
“She is presumed innocent and all the evidence will be presented in the courtroom,” her lawyer, Albert Dayan, said.
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