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Pyramid scheme allegedly defrauded 10K people of over $25 million
A federal grand jury in East Texas has convicted a couple of running a massive pyramid scheme from their Frisco, Texas, home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brian Carn underreported his income that exceeded $1.4 million.
Brian Carn Jr., “general overseer” of City Church International Fellowship (CCIF), and pastor of Kingdom City Church in Jacksonville, Florida, pleaded guilty to obstructing the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to collect his tax debts.
Ricky Taylor submitted 8 fraudulent applications, received almost $1.8 million in loans
A preacher and entrepreneur in Chattanooga, Tennessee was sentenced for tax fraud and for using fraudulent documents to apply for Covid-era Paycheck Protection Program loans.
FL woman allegedly set up two fraudulent fundraising campaigns last summer.
A 28-year old woman has been charged in Houston, Texas, with impersonating the father of a Camp Mystic victim to raise money through a GoFundMe page.
Rodney Locklear charged with embezzlement after his arrest for abusing minor from his church
A former Virginia pastor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor, child endangerment, and felony embezzlement.
Charges stem from Paul Mitchell’s admitted theft from church and daycare accounts.
Paul Mitchell, who led Changing Lives Christian Center in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion, according to a press release by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Thomas Ostrosky stole from the Lazarus Experience, a ministry providing re-entry services to incarcerated men
Thomas Ostrosky, 52, pleaded guilty on Nov. 12 to stealing more than $207,000 from the Lazarus Experience and its donors, including elders. The Toledo-area nonprofit is no longer in operation.
Pastor allegedly took almost $200K intended for his church
A federal court found Terry Hall guilty of seeking prosperity through COVID-19 relief fraud.
The Lamb’s House board allegedly gave ‘blank check’ to Board President Mark Altomare
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit on Oct. 23 against Lamb’s House, a nonprofit in Columbiana County that claimed to be a ministry supporting addiction recovery.
Reckless Saints of Nowhere founders face 18 years in jail
An Oklahoma jury has convicted Jordan Parker, 39, and wife Vanessa Parker, 29, for stealing from their own nonprofit.
