Spiritual worker bilked guard of almost $1M for healing -court hears

A woman was yesterday charged with fleecing a security guard of almost $1M by promising her that she could heal her sickness by performing spiritual work.

Jacqueline Porter, 58, was placed on $125,000 bail, after she denied the charge of fraud when it was read to her by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The allegation against Porter, who is also said to be a security guard, is that between September 1, 2010 and July 24, 2012, at Georgetown, she fraudulently obtained from Eileen Croft the