Moscow mother defrauded of 2.5M rubles by fake psychic
A woman in Moscow was defrauded of over 2.5 million rubles by a fraudster posing as a psychic, who claimed to remove a 'fatal curse' from her sick child. The suspect, a 44-year-old unemployed woman from Balashiha, was arrested and charged with fraud under two articles.
Consensus
- A Moscow resident whose child has a serious illness was defrauded by a woman posing as a psychic.
- The fraudster claimed that the family was cursed and required expensive 'cleansing' rituals to prevent death.
- The victim paid over 2.5 million rubles, including money, jewelry, and ritual items, over several months.
- The suspect was a 44-year-old unemployed woman from Balaшихa.
- The suspect was arrested and charged with fraud under two criminal articles.
- The suspect was sent to pre-trial detention.
- Another woman was also defrauded by the same suspect for nearly 500,000 rubles using the same scheme.
- Police found phones, bank cards, jewelry, candles, tarot cards, and other ritual items during a search of the suspect's home.
- Authorities are investigating whether the suspect is involved in other similar crimes and are searching for possible accomplices.
Points of divergence
- The victim visited a beauty salon in the Moscow region in October 2024. — vm
- Another woman was defrauded in Krasnogorsk by a similar fraudster, who was sentenced to three years' probation. — vm
- The fraudster was identified as a woman from Balashiha who conducted rituals at cemeteries at night. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- In Moscow, a scammer swindled a mother of a sick child of more than 2.5 million rubles — Вести
- False fortune teller swindled Moscow woman out of 2.5 million rubles — Вечерняя Москва