Conviction Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Mediumship, divination, and fortune-telling Yambol, Stara Zagora and Ruse regions, Bulgaria · 2020

Bulgaria: self-styled clairvoyant-healer convicted of defrauding thirteen clients under fear of curses

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Appellate history

Yambol District Court's sentence was upheld on appeal and is final; press reporting confirms the appellate outcome but does not give an exact appellate decision date.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-styled clairvoyant, healer, folk-healer, 'sensory mediation operator' and 'phenomenologist'

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The cited record identifies the perpetrator's claimed clairvoyant and healing power over affliction and curses as the material spiritual pretext connected to the documented harm: victims paid money and surrendered valuables because they believed he held real occult power over their health, family and fate.

Curse or witchcraft threat
Spiritual healing or treatment

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Proceedings

Date in cited record · criminal conviction and sentence

Yambol District Court, Bulgaria. Zlatko D. was convicted of defrauding thirteen people across the Yambol, Stara Zagora and Ruse regions by posing as a clairvoyant, healer and 'phenomenologist' who could cure illness, break curses and solve family problems in exchange for money and valuables, causing losses exceeding 27,500 BGN; sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Reported as final and appeal-confirmed in press dated August 8, 2020.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed occult power to break curses and cure illness
advertising in pensioner and health-focused press targeting elderly and ill clients
fear of magical affliction used to extract money and valuables

Cited record

Sources

contemporaneous court reporting verdict report bgonair.bg, 'Осъдиха на 3 години мъж, представял се за ясновидец и лечител' (court-reporting).: Bulgarian press report of the final, appeal-confirmed conviction, victim count, methods, dates and financial loss.
contemporaneous court reporting verdict report Mediapool.bg, 'Три години затвор за мним ясновидец.': Independent Bulgarian outlet's corroborating report of the same sentence and case facts.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.bgonair.bg/a/166-kriminalno/200598-osadiha-na-3-godini-mazh-predstavyal-se-za-yasnovidets-i-lechitel Corpus classification: contemporaneous-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 e5f437aa40e853f708108bf9fb3bd6e13b53bda64ff0a9c70ec32ad4335e0bcb
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.mediapool.bg/tri-godini-zatvor-za-mnim-yasnovidets-news310793.html Corpus classification: contemporaneous-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 07b6d493f25a18555788f10f5a4abd37fe05e7d9b2662c1ab3604c42a9b022e4
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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