Ponzi Schemer Attempted To Use Voodoo To Ward Off FBI Agents
Ponzi Schemer Dawn Bennett Attempted To Use Voodoo To Ward Off FBI Agents Investigating Her $20 Million Scam
You need to give points to Ponzi schemer Dawn Bennett for creativity for trying to stop an FBI investigation. Most people operating multi-million dollar Ponzi schemes would flee the country or hire high priced lawyers. Not Bennet. She paid a website operator to arrange for Indian priests to perform religious ceremonies to ward off federal investigators.
Bennett also performed voodoo spells in her home. FBI agents found instructions for a “Beef Tongue Shut Up Hoodoo Spell.”
Authorities say the spell was an attempt to halt several federal investigations against her. FBI agents also discovered two freezers containing dozens of sealed Mason jars with the names of SEC attorneys. Federal agents said Bennett had cast a ‘hoodoo spell’in hopes of silencing the SEC attorneys investigating her.
Agents discovered voodoo spells on her company’s stationery that instructed the user to slit open an animal tongue. Then say the name of the person who would be the target of the spell.
The spell would then be followed with the words:
Although the affidavit for her arrest mentioned the spells, there was no testimony on those issues at trial, which focused on her financial activity.
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