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A self-proclaimed Fort Collins psychic is accused of bilking $37,000 from a woman distraught over a breakup with her boyfriend.
Gina Marks and her husband, Steven Marks, were arrested Monday. Both are charged with Class 4 felony theft. Additional felony counts of identity theft and financial crime have been lodged against Gina Marks.
Police say the couple convinced the woman to buy mystical crystals from them and to give them Target gift cards which Gina Marks later spent on electronics and home goods.
The alleged victim said she kept thinking of the number "nine," to which Gina Marks said she needed $9,000 in an envelope the two exchanged throughout their meetings.
As the woman started to have doubts about Marks and faced financial hardships she asked for her $9,000 back, police said.
Police say Steven Marks, 35, got involved at that point, as the couple convinced the woman to spend a combined $21,700 on gems that would prevent her ex-boyfriend from finding love on Match.com, among other claims.
http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2015/03/04/police-fort-collins-psychic-bilked-woman/24398067/The woman also opened a credit line at Target to purchase thousands of dollars in gift cards, which Gina Marks reportedly said she would meditate over and return to the client. When the woman asked why she never received the cards, "Steve Marks said the gift cards were in a Bible and Gina Marks was working on them," police wrote.
Later, Steven Marks said the only way to ensure happiness was for the woman to spend $67,500 on "Armor of God," a spiritual and non-tangible item that consisted of a helmet, breastplate and sword, police said.
If she didn't oblige, her soul mate would forget about her and "would meet a blonde sex addict" who Steven Marks "described as the spawn of Satan in mortal form," the affidavit states.
Part of me thinks they might not be legit , but then I remember they are meditating over target gift cards , not walmart gift cards . Shouldn't the victim be charged with some type of criminal stupidity , or at least found in need of financial supervision ?