She had found the right vein. A trick which ensured him a comfortable income and would have earned him at least 80,000 euros, to the detriment of at least 94 victims throughout France. Facts which earned him, yesterday, an appearance before the Grasse criminal court for breach of trust. Heard at length, the false clairvoyant but real manager of a successful business continued to deny the facts. The court reserved its decision until March 17. In 2000, this 44-year-old from Mouans was hired as a secretary in a telephone clairvoyance company in Le Cannet. Very quickly she became the accountant and then the co-manager, carrying out some “replacements” from time to time in the event of the absence of one of the psychics. “But you don’t have any gifts?” President Alain Ramy asked. Didn’t you mind deceiving people like that? » “It bothered me a little, in fact,” she replied on the stand. She then sets up other similar companies, hosting different psychics, allowing them to benefit from her payment terminal against a commission of 10% of their turnover. But the clients, who had provided their bank card number to pay for the consultation, discovered, in the months that followed, that they were debited with unjustified sums for fictitious services for the benefit of clairvoyance companies that they had never contacted. Accused of having abused the use of customers’ card numbers, the defendant invoked the conspiracy theory, unloading on the psychics and her associate. The false clairvoyant, now a co-ownership trustee, also devoted herself to appraising works of art, an activity hosted by the company of a former employee. “She asked me to pass 1,000 bank cards for an amount of 219 F (33 euros) each” remembers this 44-year-old from Nice, prosecuted for complicity in breach of trust. All 1,000 transactions were opposed. “He was fooled,” argued Mr. Gervais Gobillot in defense. “For a clairvoyance company, we don’t see very clearly,” quipped prosecutor Arnaud Faugère, accusing the defendant of confusing the court. He requested 3 years in prison against him, 2 of which were suspended, and a fine of 80,000 euros. He left it to the court’s discretion regarding the alleged accomplice.
Mathilde Tranoy Monaco-Morning
- This article appeared on January 28, 2008, in the columns of Monaco - Matin and published on the INAD website (www.inad.info), with the kind authorization of the S.A.P.O. Nice – Morning.
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