Fortune teller arrested for bilking woman out of family savings

A senior known to work as a fortune teller was arrested by Calgary police earlier this week.

Sophie Evon, 77, is wanted for allegedly bilking a love-lorn woman from Seattle out of her family’s savings of $220,000.

She had been sought by U.S. police since 1999 and was arrested in 2002 while working at a tarot shop in Toronto. But before she was extradited to the U.S., she fled.

She’d also had brushes with police in Vancouver.

Det. Craig Skelton said Evon was found hiding in a closet, covered with blankets.

“I would say she was resigned to the fact her run from the law was over,” Skelton said.

“It’s obvious she didn’t want to go back to the States.”

Det. Mike McGivern of the Toronto police fraud squad, who had been trying to find Evon for years, said he hadn’t given up but was starting to doubt she would be found.

“There’s no doubt it is a little bit annoying when you get someone that old who can slip through,” he said. “We’re very happy she’s arrested.”

McGivern said Evon is accused of promising to reunite the Seattle woman with her boyfriend in exchange for money from her parents’ bank account in China.

Skelton said police found ads for palm reading, tarot card reading and elimination of demons at the home where Evon was arrested, but there is no indications of her activity in Calgary.

Evon is awaiting extradition to Seattle.

Read Another Article

Muslim medical students get picky
Clinic’s results make 9/11 responders believe in Scientology ‘cure’

Related News Articles Topic(s): Psychics Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Psychics Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog