Conning the gullible a religion?
• Psychics & Other Frauds
Yet many in the Romany community — also known as Gypsies — have cried foul, calling the new law unconstitutional. They say it discriminates against religious practices that include fortunetelling and tarot card reading. ...
Police said the law shines a light on a business in which con artists — who until now have operated without licenses — have extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars from vulnerable victims and then vanished to set up shop elsewhere. ...
One woman reported losing more than $200,000 to a fortuneteller who called her at home and at work as many as 60 times a day, saying her daughter would die unless she paid up. ...