They sentenced the Argentinean "sorcerer of love" to the United States for extortion

May 7, 2019

The man asked his clients for bad videos to create spells and extorted them. From Paraguay, he promised to form couples. Between 2016 and 2017, he cheated 200 women from 11 countries.

Ariel Lame, is Argentinian and promised spells of love to have a couple. The "wizard of love" was sentenced to two years in prison in California, United States. He is accused of to run an international network that extorted desperate people who believed in their "powers" and paid him to do "miracles".

The man was working with a group of accomplices from Paraguay. The modality was always the same. First ads posted on the internet where he offered to perform magic spells to help people find love. So, he asked his clients to register by performing badual acts. The job ended when the videos were sent to him.

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According to the United States authorities, Argentina reportedly threatened to publish the film in exchange for a payment. In some cases this could cost $ 250,000.

Before accepting a job, Boiteux Network investigated the victims. According to United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California, the network has deceived more than 200 people from different parts of the world.

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Boiteaux, more than 30 years old and computer expert, was arrested last year in Paraguay and extradited to San Diego in July. He pleaded guilty to extraditing the threat from abroad in December. According to what was published by the Los Angeles Times, Among his victims were nationals of countries such as the United States, Switzerland, Mexico and Spain.