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Cho, who preached a Korean version of the prosperity gospel, remained a beloved figure even after being convicted of embezzlement.
The founder of one of the world’s largest megachurches has died, according to news reports from Korea. The English-language Korean Herald reported that the Rev. Cho Yong-gi died at a Seoul hospital on Tuesday morning ...
Kirbyjon Caldwell, the former United Methodist megachurch pastor and presidential adviser who was found guilty of being involved in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme, has begun his six-year prison sentence.
Searchlight Pictures has released a trailer for an upcoming film about the rise and fall of colorful 1970s and ‘80s televangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker, scheduled for theatrical release in the fall.
Silent on the role sex scandal, 24 counts of fraud totaling $158-million may have played
Televangelist Jim Bakker said on his television show last week that the media was mostly to blame for the downfall of his Praise the Lord (PTL) ministry in the late 1980s in an early example ...
One of the most infamous “faith based frauds” of the 21st century – so far
Bernard Madoff died this morning in a prison in North Carolina. He was 82 years old. In 2009 he pled guilty to one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history. He also has nearly a ...
A woman who called herself the “bishop” of a Pennsylvania ministry that claimed to offer faith-based services was sentenced to 12 years in prison April 5 following a 2019 conviction for abusing church members and ...
One of Philadelphia’s largest hunger relief organizations was scammed out of nearly $1 million in an elaborate online phishing campaign.
A former financial investment advisor who worked with Houston pastor Kirbyjon H. Caldwell to convince multiple victims to invest approximately $3.5 million in worthless Chinese bonds has been sentenced to six years in prison for ...
Nonprofits have fewer internal fraud prevention resources than their for-profit counterparts, according to a new study. Between January 2018 and September 2019, employees at 191 nonprofits dipped into the till for a median hit of ...
The Christian Post Failed To Cover Guilty Plea of Former CEO Editor’s Note: This article is the second in an ongoing series about controversial South Korean religious leader David Jang and a business empire that ...
