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A South Florida woman who claimed to have psychic powers has been convicted by a jury of multiple fraud charges in what prosecutors called a long-running $40 million scam.
Jurors in West Palm Beach federal court found 62-year-old Rose Marks guilty of all 14 counts. The Palm Beach Post reports that Marks faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence. Several other family members previously pleaded guilty.
Marks and other family members operated out of storefronts in Fort Lauderdale and New York City. Testimony showed she convinced people that money was the source of evil and that they should give her cash and valuables to be cleansed and returned. Most was not.
One victim was romance novelist Jude Deveraux who testified she gave Marks about $18 million over several years.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/weird/South-Florida-Woman-Claiming-Psychic-Powers-Found-Guilty-of-Fraud-225430202.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand
haikugal
(6,476 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)Q.E.D.
malaise
(269,144 posts)but the gullible sheeple lost a bundle - as usual.
longship
(40,416 posts)What's wrong with people who are so ignorant that something like this could even happen?
What's wrong with our culture that psychics are even a legal profession?
Like Sylvia Browne. They are all scammers. They all belong in jail.
Bennie Hinn and Peter Popoff belong with them.
Skepticism. The rational choice.
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)to Heavenly Father. He rakes in tax-free billions.
She just needed a bigger congregation.