Psychic swindler: How police brought down a million dollar fortunetelling fraud

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – For almost twenty years, a Lake County girl ran simultaneous scams out of her Mentor psychic parlor and received away with it.

That’s, till her home of tarot playing cards lastly got here crashing down.

Gina Miller, a self-proclaimed psychic, was convicted of stealing greater than one million {dollars} in money, jewellery and vehicles from her purchasers, however investigators imagine she swindled greater than $5 million from at the very least a dozen victims.

So what did she inform individuals to persuade them that she had the facility to reverse curses, and to alter the destiny of her purchasers and their family members? And the way did she persuade them handy over 1000’s of {dollars} at a time?

19 Information reporter Jen Picciano shares the key audio recordings of Miller with an undercover officer from the Ohio Bureau of Felony Investigation in a brand new episode of the Darkish Facet of The Land true crime podcast.

Within the first of a two-part sequence on the fortunetelling fraudster, listeners will hear from one among Miller’s victims as she explains how she was reeled in.

The episode additionally options interviews with Mike Malainy, the now-retired Mentor Police detective who devoted months of labor to constructing a case in opposition to Miller, and Bob Nygaard, a non-public investigator and psychic fraud skilled who explains how almost each one among these self-proclaimed psychic operates.

“The Psychic Swindler: Inside a Million Greenback Fortunetelling Fraud” is obtainable now on all main podcast platforms, together with SoundCloud, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you take heed to podcasts.

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