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Conviction Claimed spiritual healing or mediumship Rostov-on-Don, Russia · 2024
Russia: online 'hereditary healer' convicted of defrauding thirteen clients seeking curse-removal
Record class
Core record
Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
self-styled 'hereditary healer' trading as Maria Moreno
Organization
No organization assigned
Spiritual nexus
The money moved only because the victims believed she held occult power over their fates — belief was the whole instrument.
- Curse or witchcraft threat
- Prosperity, divination, or curse-removal claim
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2024-05-17 · conviction; upheld on appeal
Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don; Rostov Regional Court, Russia. Maria Belashova, who sold curse-removal and love-return rituals online as the 'hereditary healer Maria Moreno', was convicted of fraud against at least thirteen victims across many regions between January 2019 and May 2022, causing more than two million roubles in losses, and sentenced to five years in a general-regime colony. The Rostov Regional Court upheld the sentence without modification on 17 May 2024.
Appellate history
2024-05-17 · undefined
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Documented coercion mechanisms
- claimed occult power over clients' fates
- sale of curse-removal and love-return rituals
Primary record
Sources
- legal news court reporting appellate outcome report RAPSI (Russian Legal Information Agency): appellate confirmation.
Legal news agency's court report.
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