A foreteller must have anticipated being detained after he apparently fooled a female out of ₤36,500
Andres Pena Meneses, 31, from Riverside, California, is implicated of deceiving the lady by declaring to treat her of parasites and a household curse.
The Colombian nationwide has a previous conviction for impersonating a phony ‘faith healer’, and apparently marketed his fortune-telling service under the name ‘Carlos’.
According to cops, a female went to Meneses to have her fortune read and was informed she had parasites that ‘Carlos’ might eliminate for a number of hundred dollars.
Meneses then apparently gotten in touch with the lady once again, stating her household was cursed and her kids remained in threat.
‘Through his false pretenses, the victim wound up paying “Carlos” over 50,000 dollars,’ cops stated.
His house in east Los Angeles was browsed and officers discovered money together with ‘a voodoo doll, tarot cards, altars, religious and satanic-type objects, and a small live pet python that were used as part of the fraud’.
Customers at business informed detectives that ‘Carlos’ had actually informed them to bring their bed mattress from house.
They stated Meneses and his personnel would cut open the bed mattress ‘and claim to have found the live snake inside with demonic-type items and letters stating the victims’ household remained in threat’.
Police were likewise informed Meneses had actually marketed his services on the radio and declared he might treat conditions such as diabetes, headaches, sleep conditions and headaches.
‘Detectives believe there are many more victims and that the Spanish-speaking community was specifically targeted,’ a cops spokesperson included.
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