A woman named Karen Brown, of Randolph, New Jersey, is suing her former psychic counselor for fraud, claiming the storefront clairvoyant, Paula Lee, took her for $160,000. As the Asbury Park Press reports: "Brown became convinced that Lee 'had genuine psychic abilities, powers and the ability to influence future events,' the suit said. She claimed she could communicate with departed souls and convinced Brown she was under a curse and 'dark forces were obstructing her efforts to find happiness,' the suit said." While it's difficult to totally excuse the victim in such a case, Ms. Lee seems like a particularly predatory fake-psychic. Besides depression and marital problems, Brown [...]

A local woman was scammed out of thousands of dollars by a psychic, she claims-a New York magazine featured psychic! One with mediocre Yelp reviews! I don't understand how this could have happened. Sylvia Mitchell, doing business as Zena and located in the Upper Holland Tunnel Business District, was simply removed some blockages from this client, using jars full of (client-provided) 100-dollar bills, which promptly disappeared. Somehow there was also a shopping spree at Ralph Lauren? It's so annoying, all you want is your blockages removed using currency, and then someone steals it, and then you have to sue them in court and face the laughter [...]