By Tim Binnall
A self-proclaimed psychic in Pennsylvania may have a spell behind bars in her future after authorities arrested her for allegedly swindling an unfortunate client out of over $13,000. According to a local media report, the case of cosmic chicanery began back in June when the unnamed victim received an "intuitive reading" from Sophia Ashley Williams. Following the session, the psychic persuaded the woman to book additional meetings over the next three months to work through various "issues" that she had sensed in the proverbial ether. Alas, as one might imagine, those readings came at a considerable cost.
Specifically, for one session, the psychic convinced the woman to hand over her mother's wedding ring and a silver necklace that belonged to her grandmother. A subsequent reading saw the purported mystic instruct the victim to give her $3,500 cash wrapped in a handkerchief with the birthdays of her family members written on it. This was followed by a $5,000 session brought about by the psychic's claim that the woman's ancestors were involved in some kind of financial dispute. The relationship finally crumbled when the mystic called upon the woman to pay her $4,700 for yet another reading. In this instance, the psychic told her that the specific cost for the session had "come to her through her meditations."
Believing that she was being bilked, the woman asked the psychic to make good on a previous promise to return the money and heirlooms upon her request. However, Williams 'regretfully' informed her that she could not do that as the cash and the jewelry were being "safely stored at her temple where she did her meditations." This understandably prompted the woman to report the situation to the police. After failing to follow through on her assurances to the cops that she would pay her now-former client back, Williams was arrested for the alleged scheme that reportedly netted her a whopping $13,600 and the felony charges of theft by deception as well as false impression.