41-year-old Sally Ann Johnson of Massachusetts, who call themselves psychic, sentenced to 26 months in prison after she tried to avoid paying taxes with the amount of 3.5 million dollars.
According to Reuters, this amount of «psychic» received from 2007 to 2014 from an elderly woman suffering from dementia. The woman believed possessed by evil spirits, and Sally Johnson «delivered» her from them.
According to district court judge Denise Casper in Boston, and «psychic» took advantage of a defenseless woman, which is seen as a fraud.
In addition to imprisonment, Sally Ann will return to the client the amount received and to pay 725 thousand dollars to the US government as restitution for tax evasion.
Johnson, and two have not completed grade school (!), called themselves «Gypsy psychic». She pleaded guilty to tax evasion but denied that he used the dementia client, to trick her. The lawyers of the accused said that the client, whose name was not called, was intelligent and fully aware of what he does.
According to court documents, the elderly woman at the time was studying at Harvard. It was very rich and was always inclined to believe in the presence of evil forces. Over the years her disease has increased and symptoms of dementia, the woman was attributed to demonic possession. She hoped Sally Johnson will help her.
Johnson used a fake name, and the client transferred her money into three different Bank accounts. Many «psychic» took cash to hide the source of money. In addition, she also used the credit card of an elderly woman spent about 20 thousand dollars on entertainment and jewelry.
