Psychic Zoe the Thief

Ann Thompson made a living as Psychic Zoe, a fortune teller. Her specialty seems to be duping the unsuspecting, which she did to the tune of $800,000. She was charged with fraud as a result of her deception. Thompson's enormous con only claimed two victims. One victim was a businessman who was duped out of $72,000. The second victim was a Canadian woman who was duped out of $740,000.

Obviously, the victims in this case bear some of the culpability for participating in what most people would consider a complete scam. Thompson, for example, requested that the Canadian woman purchase a 9.2 carat diamond ring. Why would she need to acquire something like this for a psychic? She'd never find love again if she didn't. When Thompson was finally tried for fraud and grand larceny, she and an accomplice received only five years of probation and were ordered to repay some of the over $1 million they were ultimately found guilty of stealing.