$17.8Mtaken by one Florida family's fortune-telling business
A Fort Lauderdale family of self-described psychics took more than $17.8 million from clients, including a bestselling novelist, before a federal jury convicted the matriarch on 14 counts.
Rose Marks was sentenced in March 2014 to just over 10 years in prison. Eight family members who worked the same storefronts under a shared alias pleaded guilty to related charges.
Source: CPA Practice Advisor. Read more: psychic and fortune teller fraud · case file