A fake psychic who ran a scheme that targeted 56 million elderly Americans and defrauded them of $175million faces up to 280 years in federal prison. Patrice Runner, 57, operated an international mail fraud scam that spanned two decades and the letters would claim to be from one of two well-known French psychics who could help turn recipients' lives around for payment. He purchased the dates and places of birth of victims from data brokers to convince vulnerable people of the psychic's ability and he would then encourage them to make more payments.
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