However...if you fall for, "Put $140,000 and gold jewelry in this bag, and don't open it or the blessing won't work!" then you should investigate mormonism, where, "the plates are under this cloth, but you can't look at them because you'll die" was one of the founding statements.
"Helen Peterson, a spokeswoman for the DA's office, told NBC News that prosecutors can charge a hate crime if a victim is targeted because of ethnicity, race, or religious beliefs. Hate crime charges in New York State increase the punishment if convicted.
"In this case, the theory is that the victims were targeted because of their ethnicity, because they were Chinese, and because of their religious practices, their religious spiritual beliefs," Peterson said."