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A husband and wife from Texas have been arrested for an alleged years-long scheme that conned at least three victims out of $2.5 million.<\/p>\n
According to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, a 47-year-old woman advertised \u201cpsychic services\u201d online under the fake name Jolene Travis.<\/p>\n
Her posts were designed to \u201cattract people who were struggling with romantic or personal problems: people experiencing divorce, death of a loved one or feelings of isolation,\u201d according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
\u201cJolene Travis\u201d allegedly told victims that she could perform readings and rituals to determine the cause of their misfortune.<\/p>\n
In this scheme, she would earn their trust and then tell the victims that their misfortune was tied to money or finances. She told these victims if they sent her the money in question, she could \u201ccleanse\u201d it and break the \u201ccurse,\u201d according to the indictment.<\/p>\n
According to the indictment, the woman promised to return the money to them after the \u201ccleansing process.\u201d<\/p>\n
She told her victims that she had family money and didn\u2019t need any of theirs, and would return small amounts occasionally to keep the trust, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n
According to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office, their returns were less than 6% of the total money taken over the span of three years.<\/p>\n
The victims would give money and gold to be \u201ccleansed,\u201d but never saw it come back to them. She was able to convince one victim to sell their home and to settle their divorce for a lump sum instead of alimony payments because the divorce was a part of the \u201cbad energy,\u201d according to the indictment.<\/p>\n
In total, the 47-year-old and her 44-year-old husband took $2.5 million from three victims, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office said. The indictment said that her husband helped manage the accounts.<\/p>\n
The pair are facing charges of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud and four counts of mail fraud.<\/p>\n
They could face up to 20 years in prison, if convicted, according to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case is yet another demonstration of how fraudsters exploit vulnerable situations to gain their victims\u2019 trust, even creating fake identities in an attempt to evade accountability and further schemes that last years,\u201d said W. Mike Herrington, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Seattle field office. \u201cThe schemes may change, but the greed driving them does not. The FBI and our partners will follow the money to unravel these scams and ensure the conspirators responsible face the consequences of their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman was also previously convicted for psychic fraud in Florida and Texas.<\/p>\n
According to the indictment, she was in prison and co-conspirators took on the \u201cJolene Travis\u201d alias to keep the fraud going while she was incarcerated.<\/p>\n