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(Scroll down for video) A man was angry after he paid a fortune teller $212,000 to cast a love spell on his former girlfriend which failed to work, according to a statement released by police in Spain.
Police in Spain said they arrested the man accused of breaking into the home of a psychic to recover the $212,000 he paid for a love spell because it did not work.
Investigators said Jose Laparra, the former manager of the soccer team Club Deportivo Castellon, paid the sum to a Magallon fortune teller in exchange for a spell which should bring his former lover back to him.
However, Laparra allegedly broke into the woman's house when the spell did not work and demanded his money back. The fortune called police and the man was arrested.
Police said Laparra suffered a panic attack during his arrest and was taken to a local hospital.
“People shouldn't believe fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are for entertainment purposes only. The government should crack down on people asking big sums of money in exchange for potions or blessings which never work,” Vicki Terry, 31, of Stowe, Vermont told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the attempted robbery of the fortune teller.
Laparra and four alleged accomplices were charged with theft, police said. Police have also seized the $212,000.