SEATTLE — Federal prosecutors said two Frisco, Texas, residents were arrested on charges tied to a psychic fraud scheme that allegedly took at least $2.5 million from vulnerable victims, including more than $2 million from a person in Washington state.…[Continue Reading...]
A psychic scammer who defrauded victims over two decades through fake blessings to combat curses and evil spirits has admitted running off with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Maria Williams robbed people of significant savings and led to one woman…[Continue Reading...]
A woman in Liepāja lost 1,850 euros after falling for a scammer she found on TikTok who claimed to be a psychic. Although the bank intervened and cancelled the transaction, the woman still found a way to transfer the money.…[Continue Reading...]
A popular online psychic in Cambodia found herself in trouble with the law after she bragged on social media about being able to influence the police. According to a local media report, the peculiar case began late last month when…[Continue Reading...]
In Chernivtsi, a fake clairvoyant was exposed who, through an Instagram page, extorted nearly 300,000 hryvnias from a woman. The Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor’s Office announced this on its Facebook page. Circumstances of the case The fake clairvoyant acted under the…[Continue Reading...]
A “PSYCHIC” who claimed he appeared on TV has admitted sexually assaulting women during clairvoyant sessions. John Starkey claims he appeared on ITV‘s This Morning, the Paul O’Grady Show and LBC Radio – among other shows.' A court heard the…[Continue Reading...]
A Long Island man who claimed he could 'banish evil spirits' is now facing criminal charges after allegedly scamming a senior citizen out of tens of thousands of dollars, Nassau County police said. Hemanth Kumar Muneppa, 33, was arrested Thursday…[Continue Reading...]
An itinerant Manhattan fortune teller with a shady history is accused of scamming a 43-year-old mother of two who cleans hotel rooms for a living out of $87,000. Pamela Ufie, 28, was arrested near Bryant Park Thursday evening and charged…[Continue Reading...]
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,…[Continue Reading...]
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal jury was right to convict Canadian fraudster Patrice Runner, a Second Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, rejecting Runner’s argument that it was his customers’ fault for believing false claims of “magic” from his astrology business. The…[Continue Reading...]
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