Mentor psychic deceived clients out of $1.5 million in cash, jewelry and cars, records say - cleveland.com
Mentor psychic deceived clients out of $1.5 million in cash, jewelry and cars, records say - cleveland.com
MENTOR, Ohio -- A Mentor psychic convinced clients to pay approximately $1.5 million in cash, jewelry, gift cards and cars, according to court records.
Gina B. Miller, 41, faces more the two-dozen charges of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, theft, telecommunications fraud and securing writings by deception in an indictment handed up Tuesday by a Lake County grand jury.
Miller — who has been released from custody after posting $150,000 bond — faces up to 34 years in prison if convicted of all charges, the Lake County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
Her attorney, Jim McDonnell, was not immediately available for comment Tuesday afternoon.
Lake County Prosecutor Charles Coulson declined to comment on the indictment but said the Mentor Police Department spent approximately a year and a half investigating.
The charges are related to incidents that happened from Aug. 1, 2001 to Sept. 16, 2015 at Gina's Psychic Studio in Mentor.
Detectives learned that Miller convinced clients that various types of harm would come to them or their families if they did not provide her with cash, jewelry, gift cards, and other forms of payment, the Mentor Police Department said last year.
Those forms of payment included Rolex watches, a diamond ring, Frigidaire appliances, a kitchen table with four chairs, a 40-inch television, nine cellphones, an Apple iPad, Louis Vuitton and Chanel handbags, a neon sign and a disco ball, records show. Several clients even leased expensive cars for Miller, police said.
The grand jury handed up its indictment nearly a year after Miller was arraigned in Mentor Municipal Court.
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