Presented by Bob Nygaard
Saturday, December 12, 2020
1:30 pm (Online Virtual Talk)
The link to view the live stream of this talk is https://youtu.be/LypiIcN8V_8
Fortunetelling fraud (aka Psychic Fraud) is a prevalent problem in the world.
It is a certain species of fraud whereby self-proclaimed psychics emotionally
abuse and financially exploit vulnerable people who are experiencing problems
in their lives, bilking them out of billions of dollars each year under the
guise of providing assistance.
Private investigator Bob Nygaard will explain how he builds a criminal case
against self-proclaimed psychics who commit fortunetelling fraud, in order to
cause these con artists to be arrested, charged, and successfully prosecuted.
Additionally, he will enumerate the impediments that often exist when trying to
bring self-proclaimed psychics to justice and the strategies that he employs in
his efforts to protect society and make victims whole.
Bob Nygaard is a retired NYC cop (NYC Transit Police District-3 ) (Nassau
County NY Police ), turned-private investigator, turned actor, who specializes
in the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of non-traditional
organized crime suspects. Nygaard specializes in debunking and causing
con-artists, most notably self-proclaimed psychics, to be arrested and he has
recovered millions of dollars for fraud victims around the world. Nygaard has
appeared on ABC News' 20/20, Crime Watch Daily, The Dr. Oz Show, The Security
Brief with Paul Viollis podcast, Nancy Grace, German TV show Achtung Abzocke,
and numerous other news and radio broadcasts, as an expert in confidence
crimes. A short documentary entitled NYGAARD has been filmed about his work.
The documentary is a self-reflective account of Nygaard's work helping the
victims of psychic fraud. Nygaard's first role as an actor in a SAG-AFTRA
production came in the CBS true-crime TV series Pink Collar Crimes, in which he
portrays himself.
