A woman in Maryland claiming to be a psychic found herself behind bars Monday after allegedly bamboozling more than $80,000 from a client.
The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, had reached out to Gina Marie Marks in May 2016 seeking assistance with her love life.
Marks, who presented herself as a psychic named Natalie Miller, convinced her new client that bad energy was poisoning her relationships and offered her services as a remedy, according to NBC 6 News.
Marks, who went by the alias Natalie Miller, allegedly stole more than $80,000 from her client
Marks had served 18 months in a Florida prison for defrauding three women out of $500,000 in 2010
‘She claims that she has the power to fix everything,’ the client told NBC. ‘She claimed that I had some black magic around me, some darkness around me that I needed to be removed.’
The victim began maxing out her credit cards and spending thousands of dollars in cash, in the end handing over $82,000 to the so-called soothsayer.
‘She kept asking me for money and she said she needed more money to do the rituals,’ the victim said.
But when Mark’s stopped answering the victim’s phone calls in November 2016, she realized she had been conned.
The victim immediately called Montgomery County police and enlisted the help of an independent investigator.
The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, said she turned to Marks to help her love life
Bob Nygaard (pictured) was able to track Marks at Miami International Airport and alerted authorities
‘Gina Marie Marks sized her up and told her that she saw these relationship problems were black magic,’ private detective Bob Nygaard told NBC.
According to authorities, who issued a warrant for the psychic, Marks had fled to Florida and attempted to leave the country from Miami International Airport.
But Nygaard was able to track Marks down, and contacted the police before her flight was scheduled to take off.
She was placed under arrest and is expected to be extradited to Montgomery County to face grand theft charges.
Nygaard said that Marks had served prison time before, and this was his second time tracking down the alleged swindler.
‘I had her arrested somewhere around 2010 for defrauding three women of $503,000,’ he said. ‘She was sentenced to 18 months in a Florida prison.’
The victim ended up maxing out her credit cards and handing over $82,000 in all to Marks