A Florida girl was arrested after she allegedly conned a person out of hundreds of {dollars} throughout a bogus tarot card studying and “non secular cleaning.”
In accordance with an arrest report obtained by WTVJ, Carmen Valdez De Miguel, 67, was arrested on Monday and faces costs of organized scheme to defraud, grand theft and resisting an officer with out violence.
The alleged con started on March 11, when a person discovered a flyer on his automotive for a tarot card studying and known as the quantity, in line with the report.
He spoke with a lady, the report learn, and agreed to a tarot card studying session for $20.
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A Florida girl is accused of stealing hundreds from a person throughout tarot card readings and non secular cleansings. (Miami-Dade Corrections)
Two days later, on March 13, the person went to an house and met Valdez De Miguel, who reportedly referred to herself as Maria Rodriguez, the report learn.
Throughout the studying, Valdez De Miguel allegedly instructed the person he wanted a “deeper non secular cleaning process” that might value between $600 and $700.
Trusting her recommendation, the person agreed to a partial fee and transferred $200 via Zelle, the report mentioned.
He then returned to the house and met with Valdez De Miguel once more on March 14 for the “non secular cleaning season” he had pre-paid a portion of, in line with the report.
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A fortune-teller reads tarot playing cards. (iStock)
The report detailed that Valdez De Miguel requested the person in the course of the session about his obtainable financial institution stability, the place he reportedly instructed her he had $8,000 obtainable.
Following the person’s response, Valdez De Miguel then allegedly requested him to carry the complete quantity subsequent time and warranted him that if she had been to make use of the cash in a ritual, it could double, and he or she would return it the identical day.
The person then returned to the house with $3,000 in money on March 19, in line with the report, the place Valdez De Miguel positioned the cash in a bag with eggs.
Throughout the ritual, the report acknowledged that the bag was damaged, and upon opening it, the person claimed all that was left inside had been damaged eggs and worms.
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The person instructed authorities that Valdez De Miguel gave the impression to be startled by what was within the bag, however when he requested for his a reimbursement, she claimed she couldn’t achieve this “attributable to her frame of mind.”
Valdez De Miguel then allegedly assured the person that his cash could be returned the subsequent day.
The report acknowledged that the person had made a number of makes an attempt to contact Valdez De Miguel following the weird encounter, however that she had refused to return the cash.
“She asserted that the funds had been a part of a ritual and couldn’t be launched till the candles extinguished on their very own, regardless of having beforehand assured the sufferer that his cash could be returned the identical day,” the report mentioned.
On Monday, Valdez De Miguel was taken into custody, the place officers gave her the chance to return the cash, however she denied realizing the person, the report mentioned.
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The report mentioned that she had additionally resisted being taken into custody and used a faux title in the course of the arrest.
Investigators additionally instructed WTVJ that they’d found Valdez De Miguel had three warrants in separate theft circumstances.
Valdez De Miguel appeared earlier than a decide on Tuesday, who set her bond within the case at $5,500.
“OK, I had an opportunity to evaluation this very fascinating arrest affidavit, which additionally makes one notice you need to by no means reply to a flyer left in your car for tarot card readings ‘trigger you don’t know what’s gonna occur, particularly once you’re requested to carry $3,000 in money, put the cash in a bag with some eggs,” Decide Mindy Glazer mentioned. “That is weird.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Doral Police Division for remark.
Stepheny Worth is a author for Fox Information Digital and Fox Enterprise. She covers subjects together with lacking individuals, homicides, nationwide crime circumstances, unlawful immigration, and extra. Story suggestions and concepts could be despatched to stepheny.worth@fox.com
