California ‘fortune teller’ arrested in $50,000 scam

Published October 29, 2021 6:49 PM

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Arrest probably wasn’t in the cards for a self-proclaimed fortune teller authorities say scammed a Southern California woman out of $50,000 by claiming to cure her of parasites and her family of a curse. Andres Pena Meneses of Riverside was arrested Tuesday. Police say Meneses had a Chicago conviction for posing as a phony faith healer before setting up shop in Riverside. A woman told police she paid him $50,000 for parasite- and curse-removal services. Other customers told investigators that Meneses used a live snake as a prop that was hidden in mattresses they were told to bring from home.

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