CHICAGO — A woman who worked as a “psychic” at three Lakeview storefronts has pleaded guilty to defrauding a customer by promising to remove a curse from the victim for $72,000.
Jennifer Williams, 51, entered her plea on a charge of theft by deception and received a two-year probation sentence from Judge Shelley Sutker-Dermer. During her sentencing hearing last week, she paid the victim $25,000 in restitution, officials said.
Private investigator Bob Nygaard worked the case and said the victim thought Williams’ sentence was a “slap on the wrist.” The woman had lost $74,669.10 in payments to Williams and other expenses incurred during the scam, he said…