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Sylvia Mitchell bilked a Singaporean businesswoman out of $128,000 and a Florida-based dance instructor out of more than $10,000, prosecutors say
The 39-year-old who told fortunes out of her Greenwich Village, New York, shop is on trial for grand larceny
She could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top charge against her
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The 39-year-old who told fortunes out of her Greenwich Village, New York, shop is on trial for grand larceny
She could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top charge against her
...
...After both a breakup and a layoff within a day in July 2008, 'I needed some direction and guidance, and she said that she was pretty confident that she could help me,' Saalfield told jurors. 'I don't know that I thoroughly trusted her, but I wanted to listen to words of comfort.'
After a $75 initial psychic reading, she returned the next week for a $1,000 version — and was told her problems stemmed from being too attached to money in her royal life in ancient Egypt, Saalfield said. She knows of no Egyptian heritage in her family.
Mitchell's solution: Give her $27,000, just to hold, as an exercise in parting with money, Saalfield recalled.
She gave Mitchell the sum, quickly regretted it and asked for a refund. Mitchell said the money wasn't available, Saalfield said.
Lee Choong, a Singapore native who earned a master's degree in business in New York, turned to Mitchell in 2007. Choong was grappling with professional demands and a personal problem: She was romantically interested in a co-worker, who didn't reciprocate, according to prosecutors and Mitchell's lawyer. Choong hasn't yet testified.
Mitchell said Choong was surrounded by 'negative energy' and could exorcise it by putting $18,000 in a jar that Mitchell would hold, Bergamo said. Choong ultimately gave Mitchell about $128,000 over two years, prosecutors and the defense said.
Mitchell repeatedly offered to repay Choong if she was dissatisfied, Aronwald said.
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