Gullible Woman Duped out of $62,000 by Psychics Who "Cleanse Cash" of Evil Spirits

Chicago police are looking for a mother-daughter psychic team accused of duping a woman out of $62,000 under the pretense that they would cleanse her cash of evil spirits.

When she saw the "for rent" sign in the Far Northwest Side home, a Park Ridge woman realized the mother-daughter team of self-described psychic healers had not taken her money to cleanse it of evil spirits — they stole it.

Laura Santini, 61, and her daughter, Rosann, 35, were indicted this week in Cook County on felony theft charges for allegedly scamming the woman of $62,000. The two haven't been seen in more than a year, authorities said. Read more