We Knew It! Psychics Back at Work After Philly Crackdown


	We Knew It! Psychics Back at Work After Philly Crackdown

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5-21-2007 2:25 PM

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In late April, citing a state law banning fortune-telling for profit, Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) set about closing storefront psychics, astrologers, and palm readers. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070516_philadelphia_psychics.html"><DIV>
Oddly, many psychics were surprised by the crackdown. Yet it's not palm reading per se that police were concerned about, it's the con games, theft by <A href="http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060901_sketchy_psychics.html" set="yes">deception, and fraud</A>  that often accompany fortunetelling. The police did not arrest the psychics, but warned that they would be arrested if they resumed their activities. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/070516_philadelphia_psychics.html"><DIV>
According to Deputy L&I Commissioner Dominic E. Verdi, "the Police Department came to us...and showed us where the crime code prohibits psychic readings...It's clearly illegal." According to Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (Crimes and Offences, Title 18 § 7104): "A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if he pretends for gain or lucre, to tell fortunes or <A href="http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/070305_ap_mind_reading.html">predict future events</A> ..." </DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FAA50ACF-7164-4014-8759-307296FD595F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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