FRISCO, Texas - A Texas couple has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly running a multi-year "fortune-teller fraud" scheme that swindled emotionally vulnerable victims out of at least $2. 5 million.

Bridgette Doreen Evans, 47, and her husband, Vinnie John Uwanawich, 44, both of Frisco, Texas, are facing charges of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, alongside four counts each of wire and mail fraud.

The made an initial court appearance last week in the Eastern District of Texas.