A clairvoyant who failed to foresee a conviction for benefit fraud has been ordered to pay back every penny of £33,000 she illegally claimed.
Self-styled Tarot reader and fortune-teller Dawn Pearson, 50, was uncovered as a benefits cheat after investigators realised she was being paid to carry out psychic consultations over the phone, a court heard.
The telephone charges were costing a fortune for her customers at £1.53 per minute, while Pearson was claiming benefits for being too ill to work. Prosecutor Nuhu Gobir said: 'Fraud investigators from the Department of Work and Pensions began an investigation into her claim after information she was working as a psychic. 'She denied she was in either full-time or part-time employment.'
The court heard DWP officers contacted the Absolute Live company where Pearson was working as a psychic reader and a sex chat-line operator. Mr Gobir said: 'They were unable to provide a breakdown of her hours but records showed she was paid £600 a month at some stage.
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