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Facts In June 2008, appellant asked Tracy Clark to loan him money to get his health care business and assets back from his wife. Appellant said that his wife (Judy Fercioni) had left him and "froze all his money, his bank accounts, [and] everything he had . . . ." None of it was true. Appellant was single, had no savings or assets, and as a term of parole, was prohibited from operating a health care business. Based on appellant's assurances that he was wealthy and would pay her back in 30 days, Clark

1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise stated. took out cash advances on her credit card and gave appellant $15,000. Clark later discovered that appellant used her credit card without her permission to purchase a laptop and microscope and took cash advances. Clark first met appellant in March 2008 at the lavish office of Nu Science International. Appellant had a lab coat and doctorate certificates on the wall. He pricked Clark's finger, took a drop of blood, and projected the blood on a large computer monitor. Appellant said that her blood "was very toxic" and the "cells didn't move around like they're supposed to . . . ." Appellant told…