Gina Rita Russell, 35, a self-proclaimed psychic formerly residing in New York and Los Angeles, was sentenced to 125 months (over 10 years) in prison for orchestrating an elaborate extortion scheme that resulted in a Maryland man embezzling over $4 million from his Washington, D.C. employer. Russell, along with five co-conspirators, convinced the victim that she possessed psychic abilities and that he was in grave danger. Officials say she manipulated him into believing that he needed to pay large sums of money to appease malevolent forces, which she claimed were threatening his life and the l…