Woman who blamed voodoo curse for £1m fraud convicted

Woman who blamed voodoo curse for £1m fraud convicted

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A woman who claimed a voodoo curse had led to her bank accounts being hijacked was yesterday found guilty of a £1m benefit fraud.

During the trial Remi Fakorede, 46, produced three fingers, claimed they belonged to her daughter, and suggested the digits were proof that she had been forced to act in a fraudulent manner.

Fakorede submitted 39 claims for tax credits over five years, largely for bogus children. She claimed her identity and bank accounts had been infiltrated by others, including a relative called Auntie Marian, who she said had voodoo powers.

She told jurors that a daughter, now three, had suffered from kidney failure and her fingers had dropped off. She claimed the "voodoo man" said the same thing would happen to her if she told authorities about the plot. Police are understood to be checking the DNA of the fingers and on the welfare of the child.

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