The owners of a Jenkintown psychic business allegedly scammed two customers out of more than $600,000 by convincing them the money was part of a ritual to free them from powerful curses causing disturbances in their lives, Montgomery County prosecutors said.

Detectives started investigating Gina Marks, 52, of Huntingdon Valley, and Steve Niklas, 40, of Jenkintown, after a woman came forward to police last December to report her experience at Jenkintown Psychic Visions.

The woman told police that she followed Marks and Niklas' instructions to make dozens of payments to them from September 2022 to August 2023 in an effort to "cleanse" herself of a curse that plagued her marriage and other relationships.

Pennsylvania is among a handful of states with old laws that ban offering fortune

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