Munich
“Medium” is said to have made the most of it: “Clairvoyant” in court for fraud worth millions
The Munich II Regional Court will now clarify how exactly the “clairvoyant” went about his alleged fraud
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With vague threats and a lot of mumbo-jumbo to get rich: a self-proclaimed clairvoyant is said to have succeeded in this for a short time. But the spook is over – now the man is on trial in Munich.
For years he is said to have believed in the superstitions of a wealthy woman Exploited the woman and deprived her of a sum of millions: The trial against a man who posed as a clairvoyant and is said to have cheated the woman out of almost 1.6 million euros in the past few years begins at the Munich II Regional Court this Tuesday .
Wife is said to have supported “clairvoyants”.
According to the public prosecutor’s office, the 47-year-old played to his alleged victim that he was a medium who could bring blessings and keep shame away from her and her family. Accidents therefore became a kind of threatening backdrop. Ostensibly to prevent this, he is said to have carried out mysterious rituals during which she had to pray. The investigators do not rule out that the water he regularly gave her contained substances that impaired the woman’s perception.
He is also said to have persuaded the woman that her husband was cheating on her and was having an affair. In order to prove this alleged infidelity, the man is said to have demanded money.
Co-defendant of 62 counts of commercial fraud is the 47-year-old’s 39-year-old wife. The couple is said to have exploited the woman for years; according to the public prosecutor’s office, the first acts date back to 2011. However, only incidents since 2018 are accused.