On the one hand i am glad she wont be taking advantage of people anymore. On the other fools and their money...

"A Fool and his money" is nothing more than social Darwinism. Would you say the same thing if you found out your mother or grandmother had been tricked in an investment scam? Would you shrug your shoulders if your child came home and told you he gave his savings to a guy on the street corner who told him he had to pay a toll?

Do you believe that the mentally challenged deserve what they get?

So all her victims were mentaly challenged? For that matter were any of her victims mentally challenged?

Cool strawman though!

Social Darwinism lives on DU.

You must have one of these at home.

I know it's not in style but I'm ok with being out of fashion.

you are an

You must be very pleased with yourself right now.

Your attempt to make me a boogy man are hilarious.

Keep it up and I will be more than happy to keep mocking you.

Your righteous indignation makes me giggle.

You're saying everything.

Giggle away. I'm sure you've enjoyed it but I have no need to deal with those who think the way you do.

Have your last word because I'll never read it.

It is never OK

I never said it was a legitimate way to make your money.

Is it criminal? And at what point does it become so? Do lose weight fast gimmicks count or do we draw a line somewhere? Anyone who believes in a psychic with a store front is a bigger fool than the person that tries the weight loss pill IMHO.

then we are 99% fools.

If the law applies, then let it be used. The con men with all the money don't need us to make excuses for them.

"But, prosecutors methodically built a case, showing how Marks, her daughters-in-law and even her granddaughter preyed on broken people who came to their storefronts in midtown Manhattan and Fort Lauderdale to deal with tragedies life had handed them. Instead of solace or guidance, they told clients the only way out was to give them money — lots of it — with the promise it would one day be returned. Instead, the psychics amassed a roughly $25 million fortune."

Still say "Fools and their money?"

How is this different from all the hucksters with the get rich quick books or lose weight now...same stuff different label.

would come back to them." One thing to predict the future, making a guarantee about money is something completely different.

Would like to know more.

with you?
This is like a funeral director robbing your house because they know when you will be out burying your loved one.
They prey on people and profile like pickpocket choosing a victim.
But hey according to your logic he was carrying a wallet so he deserved to be robbed too.

It's repugnant. Criminal though? Not so sure.

Scam artists like her suck the last pennies from the poor and weak minded. They're a parasite on society and should be banned.

Is that if she preached a mutilated version of the bible on TV, she'd be free to go. Those frauds bilk the desperate out of millions upon millions every year, like big fucking ticks in bad ties. Not a peep from the legal system. Apparently preying on people is okay if it's done "for gawd."

Same stuff different label.

Amen to that.

Even if they are nailed for fraud, they'll get piddly sentences like Jim Bakker did.
That bastard is back on the air, preaching along with Ted Haggard.

Trick question. They all are.