DOJ Announces Man Extradited from Spain to Face Charges for Massive Psychic Mail Fraud Scheme – Allegedly Defrauded Over One Million Victims in the United States of Over $180 Million Published: Wednesday, 23 December 2020 05:58
December 23, 2020 - A Canadian citizen accused of operating a decades-long psychic mail fraud scheme was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance on Tuesday in federal
court in Central Islip, New York, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.
On Oct. 25, 2018, a grand jury in the Eastern District of New York indicted Patrice Runner, 54, on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Runner was arrested in Ibiza, Spain, by officers of the Spanish National Police in December 2018, based on the U.S. indictment. Following extradition proceedings, the Spanish government released Runner to the custody of U.S. Postal Insp
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The 54-year-old was extradited into US custody by Spanish police on Monday
Runner has been charged with 18 counts of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering
He allegedly masterminded a psychic mail fraud scheme that illegally siphoned one million Americans out of more than $180 million between 1994 and 2014
Runner s purported letters targeted the elderly and sick, and claimed to be from famous psychics who could help to turn their lives around for payment
The Department of Justice has extradited a Canadian citizen from Spain and charged him with defrauding over one million Americans out for nearly $200m in an international psychic mail fraud scam that spanned two decades.
Canadian Man Extradited from Spain to Face Charges for Massive Psychic Mail Fraud Scheme [defrauded over one million Americans of over $180]
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A Canadian citizen accused of operating a decades-long psychic mail fraud scheme was extradited to the United States and made his initial appearance today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced.
On Oct. 25, 2018, a grand jury in the Eastern District of New York indicted Patrice Runner, 54, on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Runner was arrested in Ibiza, Spain, by officers of the Spanish National Police in December 2018, based on the U.S. indictment. Following extradition proceedings, the Spanish government released Runner to the custody of U.S. Postal Inspectors on Dec. 21, 2020.