An American woman, Marianne Smyth, has been accused of perpetrating a series of scams across the United States by posing as an Irish heiress, a psychic, and a close friend of a movie star. Smyth, 54, is currently in a Maine jail awaiting an extradition hearing to the United Kingdom over a scam dating back more than 15 years in Northern Ireland.
Legal documents reveal that Smyth is alleged to have stolen over $170,000 from at least five victims in Northern Ireland between 2008 and 2010. Arrest warrants were issued for her in 2021, and she was apprehended last month in Maine.
