crime
Woman paid millions to alleged clairvoyant
Exterior view of the criminal justice center. The trial begins today at the Munich II Regional Court against a man who is said to have posed as a clairvoyant in order to appropriate almost 1.6 million euros. photo
© Lukas Barth/dpa
A woman is said to have paid 1.6 million euros to an alleged clairvoyant in recent years. And that’s probably just the tip of the iceberg.
For years he is said to have believed in the superstitions of a wealthy woman Exploited 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 recent years begins today in the Munich II Regional Court.
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.