Costly Tarot fees? How did she rack up a quarter of a million dollars? Reparations from a Con-Artist Tarot Reader

Hey it was in today's Journal News. Since when does money ward off "evil-omens?" Money and wealth didn't repel Dracula, but he'd recoil at the sight of crucifix. Busted tarot readers seem to fall into the same pattern, as if dealing from a filthy, sticky deck:

"Paula "Peaches" Marion, 51, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree grand larceny in County Court in March. Her victim, Julia Marcellino, has claimed Marion conned her out of more than $400,000.

Orangetown police accused Marion of scamming Marcellino, who is living in Florida, out of her money from September 2002 to June of last year. Marion had operated a tarot card reading store in an apartment above Temptations Cafe at 80 Main St. in Nyack.

Marcellino has said Marion brought her to financial ruin. She said Marion became her friend after an initial card reading and charting in September 2002.

Marcellino said Marion convinced her to turn over money to ward off bad omens and save her family members from illness and death. The con game also involved members of Marion's family, police said." [1]