Gaston tree farm heir Ralph Raines Jr. took the witness stand Thursday still wearing the wedding ring from a sham marriage that was the centerpiece of a decade-long swindle that put his... Prosecutors say Raines is left with $200,000. It's a classic con called the "sweetheart swindle"—a younger woman ingratiates herself with an older, vulnerable man so. Rachel Lee, an Oregon psychic with an illegal glow and lust for fortune, spun a tale of clairvoyance and companionship to fleece Ralph Raines Jr., an heir to a timber empire, out.
Rachel Lee, an Oregon psychic with an illegal glow and lust for fortune, spun a tale of clairvoyance and companionship to fleece Ralph Raines Jr., an heir to a timber empire, out.