Women approached the victims in public and promised to cure illness and evil eye in exchange for money. The main defendant has been sentenced three times for similar scopes.
A 58 -year -old seer and his 34 -year -old niece are accused of circumventing 22 victims In Santo Tirso, Famalicão, Vila do Conde and Paredes, raising almost 260,000 euros over several years. The woman promised to cure illness and remove curses through supposed supernatural powers, with the help of her niece in the approaches to victims.
The prosecutor’s accusation (MP) reports that the slips began in 2013, with the seer approaching people in public places such as cemeteries, shops, hospitals and even multibancos, initially requesting alms. Soon after, it convinced the victims that suffered from curses or serious illnessesusing fear to get money and jewelry. In a situation, he “diagnosed” a cancer to a man and predicts the death of a woman’s son, says.
Among the victims is a 74 -year -old wall of Paredes, who was persuaded to deliver 3440 euros in cash and 20,000 euros in jewelry. Another woman, from Santo Tirso, contracted loans to Avoid the death of the husband through witchcraft. In Famalicão, a victim delivered 29,000 euros over two years, believing that his son would die due to a spell.
The largest injured person handed 157,000 euros to the seer after his sister’s death, convinced that the rituals would help alleviate his sadness. When she threatened to denounce the case to the police, the defendant responded with intimidation, promising to send family members to “solve the problem.”
The investigation of the Penafiel GNR culminated in the arrest of both On July 23, 2022. During the investigation, it was found that the money obtained with the slips was invested in a villa in the name of the 34-year-old seer son, who has a psychic anomaly. The goal was to hide the illicit origin of money. The property, valued at 156 thousand euros, was arrested by the MP to compensate the victims.
In addition to the two main defendants, the husband and children of the seer were also accused of laundering capitalas they kept and sold the gold of the victims in pledge stores.
Maria Alice S., the main defendant, already has a similar criminal history, with three previous convictions for burlas Of the same genre, and faces other pending processes. Currently, she and her niece are in custody in the Santa Cruz do Bispo jail in Matosinhos.
