Two women have been charged with allegedly scamming members of Sydney’s Vietnamese community out of nearly $70 million.
Police allege one of the women claimed she was a master of feng shui — also known as Chinese geomancy — and a fortune teller.
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“The older woman ... allegedly exploited vulnerable clients within the Vietnamese community by persuading them to take out financial loans — while taking a share herself — based on her prediction that there was a ‘billionaire’ in their future,” NSW Police said.
The women, aged 53 and 25, were arrested during a raid at a home in Dover Heights in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs about 6am on Wednesday.
Police allege the elder woman orchestrated the fraud, with the assis

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