Foot-reading cult guru jailed (No, it's not Dick Morris)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1274&storyid=3451093

THE founder of a Japanese cult that offered to read people's feet was jailed for 12 years today for cheating believers out of cash by convincing them they suffered diseases.

The Tokyo District Court ruled that Ho-no-Hana Sanpogyo sect guru Hogen Fukunaga - real name Teruyoshi Fukunaga - had defrauded 31 believers of a combined 149 million yen ($1.7 million) between 1994 and 1997.

He conspired with senior disciples to "diagnose" problems of new followers, mostly middle-aged housewives, by reading the soles of their feet.

He then urged them to attend costly seminars to cure supposed ailments such as cancer, the ruling said. The now-bankrupt cult once had thousands of followers. "He satisfied his desire for money in the name of religion," chief judge Tsutomu Aoyagi said, noting Fukunaga had made a fortune and lived in a luxury condominium.

[sniffa]

1. why didn't i think of that

doh

[bicentennial_baby]

3. hahaha

that's what i was thinking....a new career horizon for you perhaps? :P

[Spinzonner]

2. Another Podophile