{"id":23031,"date":"2022-08-13T08:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23031"},"modified":"2022-08-13T08:43:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T12:43:32","slug":"brazil-woman-and-psychic-con-mum-out-of-140m-in-art-and-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/08\/13\/brazil-woman-and-psychic-con-mum-out-of-140m-in-art-and-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil woman and psychic con mum out of $140m in art and cash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman in Brazil has been arrested on suspicion of using a psychic to swindle her mother out of more than $140m (\u00a3114m) in art, cash and jewellery.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The alleged victim is reportedly the widow of one of Brazil’s foremost art collectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her daughter is accused of stealing her artwork by using a psychic to pretend it was cursed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One painting – by one of Brazil’s most celebrated artists – was reportedly found stashed under a bed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to police in Rio de Janeiro and local media reports, the scam began in 2020 when the victim was told by a supposed psychic that her daughter was ill and was persuaded to pay for treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In the months that followed, police say the daughter and an accomplice posing as a psychic “began to take the artwork from the house, claiming that the painting was cursed with something negative, with negative energy that needed to be prayed over”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The scheme went on to involve several accomplices, police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The daughter and the other suspects allegedly mistreated the victim, keeping her at home for months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“They took 16 paintings,” police officer Gilberto Ribeiro told Reuters – including works by renowned Brazilian artists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We concluded in the preliminary check that all the characteristics of the seized paintings are compatible with the authentic paintings,” another officer added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Three pieces from Tarsila do Amaral – an iconic Brazilian modernist painter – were also stolen, which together police valued at $137.69m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One of the paintings, Sol Poente, was found under one of the suspect’s beds, according to local media, while other works had reportedly been sold to art galleries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police say seven people are suspected of involvement in the years-long crime and face charges of embezzlement, robbery, extortion, false imprisonment and criminal association, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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