Delray psychic gets 2-1/2 years for conning woman out of $39,000

By Missy Diaz
sun-sentinel.com
Posted November 13 2006, 11:45 AM EST

WEST PALM BEACH -- A self-proclaimed Delray Beach psychic on Monday picked up another 2-1/2 years behind bars for bilking a woman out of $39,000.

Linda Marks, 58, pleaded guilty to grand theft of a person over 65 and probation violation. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga ordered Marks to pay 70-year-old Anna Stek $39,074, though it's not likely Stek will see much of that since Marks has a restitution order in federal court for $2.5 million, according to her husband, James Marks.

In May, Linda Marks, was sentenced to four years in federal prison for scamming people out of more than $2 million. She told a judge that she learned to steal growing up as a gypsy.

Former Delray Beach detective Jack Makler helped Marks stay out of jail for years and earned himself five years in federal custody for doing so. Marks' state sentence will run concurrent with her federal time.