A fortune teller with alleged ties to a Bulgarian organised crime gang may have played a key role in the theft of €61 million from the Luxembourg charity Caritas. The charity's former chief financial officer (CFO), who is under investigation, had been consulting a psychic she found online. She confided personal and professional details to this clairvoyant, unknowingly passing on sensitive information about Caritas. It is alleged that the fortune teller passed this information to the crime gang, who used it to exploit the CFO's mental fragility and weaknesses in the charity's governance. Over five months, they managed to fraudulently transfer the funds while posing as Caritas' CEO.
Investigators discovered that more than 8,200 transactions were made, involving accounts across various countries. While some of the stolen funds have been traced to China, Hong Kong, and Lithuania, it is unclear if the money can be recovered. The Luxembourg public prosecutor has yet to fully confirm the involvement of the fortune teller but continues to investigate the "fraud against the president" scam. Requests for assistance have been sent to multiple countries as authorities work to untangle the web of fraudulent transactions.
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