I always find it a little shocking when someone pays a psychic thousands of dollars and then complains that they were a victim of Fraud. What exactly do they expect? Apparently, the claims can be validated though, as a Loveland psychic was recently sentenced to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. According to the news report, the psychic was charged with Theft for getting the woman to give him $20,000. She also claimed she had given him $100,000, which he told her was safe in a cave in Estes Park. He repeatedly told her he needed the money to ‘help heal her negative aura, mediate, and deal with the huge angel protecting her.’ The psychic originally pled guilty to class 5 felony Theft and was ordered to pay $75,400 before his sentencing. Instead, he skipped out on his bail and went on the run. He was eventually caught and sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Larimer County Theft Lawyer: What is the Definition of Theft by a Psychic?
The Colorado law definition of Theft – C.R.S. 18-4-401 – is:
(a) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;
(b) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
(c) Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
(d) Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person; or
(e) Knowingly retains the thing of value more than seventy-two hours after the agreed-upon time of return in any lease or hire agreement.
What doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me is that the woman handed over the money. Normally when you think about Theft, you think of deception or stealing. The thing about this case, is the man was offering a service, and the woman was willing to pay. That doesn’t equate to Theft to me. How can you know the psychic didn’t perform the promised duties? Wouldn’t this set the premise that being a psychic is illegal in Larimer, Morgan, or Logan County?
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Fort Collins Theft Lawyer: What is the Sentence for Felony Theft?
Theft can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony depending on the amount of money taken. Originally, the man pled to a class 5 felony, but that deal was revoked when the man fled. Instead, he was sentenced for the original felony 4 Theft charge, which is punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. He received the maximum penalty from the judge.