10 Years in US Prison for Canadian Man Who Stole Millions With Fake Psychic Fraud

A sign for the Department of Justice hangs in the press briefing room at the Justice Department in Washington on April 18, 2019. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

A former Montreal resident has been sentenced to 10 years in a United States federal prison for a multi-decade fraud that manipulated more than one million Americans into sending money to fake psychics.

The U.S. Justice Department says Patrice Runner, 57, stole more than $175 million from 1.3 million people in the U.S. between 1994 and 2014.