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   In  Michael Christ   
    wrote:   
   > On 13/03/2024 6:49 pm, useapen wrote:   
   >> A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in   
   >> federal court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and   
   >> trying to extort a businessman while touting he had connections to   
   >> the New York City mayor.   
   >>   
   >> Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” is a pastor at   
   the   
   >> Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries. He was found guilty of   
   >> five counts, including wire fraud, attempted extortion and making   
   >> false statements to the FBI. The convictions are from three separate   
   >> schemes.   
   >>   
   >> Whitehead, known for his Louis Vuitton suits and extravagant jewelry,   
   >> also made headlines in 2022 after he said he and his wife were robbed   
   >> of $1 million worth of jewelry at their church.   
   >>   
   >> “As a unanimous jury found, Lamor Whitehead abused the trust placed   
   >> in him by a parishioner, tried to obtain a fraudulent loan using fake   
   >> bank records, bullied a businessman for $5,000, tried to defraud him   
   >> out of far more than that, and lied to federal agents,” US Attorney   
   >> for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a news   
   >> release.   
   >>   
   >> “Whitehead’s reprehensible lies and criminal conduct have   
   caught   
   >> up with him, as he now stands convicted of five federal crimes and   
   >> faces time in prison,” Williams said.   
   >>   
   >> Prosecutors said that Whitehead defrauded one of his parishioners by   
   >> convincing her to invest $90,000 of her retirement savings with him,   
   >> according to the indictment. The document said Whitehead would help   
   >> her buy a home and invest the money, but he used it on luxury goods   
   >> and personal expenses instead.   
   >>   
   >> Whitehead also extorted a businessman for $5,000 and then attempted   
   >> to convince the man to loan him $500,000 and grant him a stake in   
   >> real estate transactions in exchange for obtaining “favorable   
   >> connections by the New York City government” that he knew he could   
   >> not provide, according to the indictment.   
   >>   
   >> Whitehead used his ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams to try to   
   >> make the deal, the district attorney’s office said in a news   
   >> release.   
   >>   
   >> “As the U.S. Attorney’s office said when they brought this   
   case,   
   >> the defendant ‘knew he could not obtain’ favors from city   
   >> government. With this ruling, that was proven right,” Charles   
   >> Kretchmer Lutvak, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office told CNN   
   >> Tuesday.   
   >>   
   >> Whitehead also made false statements by telling FBI agents he only   
   >> had one phone, when he actually had two, according to the indictment.   
   >>   
   >> Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, except for the   
   >> false statements count, which is a maximum sentence of 5 years,   
   >> according to the district attorney’s office.   
   >>   
   >> Dawn Florio, one of Whitehead’s attorneys, said they plan to appeal   
   >> the verdict. His sentencing is scheduled for July 1, she added.   
   >   
   > That is sinner Christianity for ya, but they'll tell you they are born   
   > again, born of God! :-).   
      
   That's typical black behavior. You can put a jungle ape in a suit, but   
   you can't take the jungle off the ape.   
      
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