Posted on 03/15/2024 8:55:13 AM PDT by Morgana
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.
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I guessed.
I looked.
I didn’t need to......................
He’ll run for a political position soon.
The Man. The Man be keeping ‘em down.
Click. Yup.
Mark 12:40 “They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”
This can't be true. Must be some white folks behind this.
It’s the LORD’S Rolls Royce.
No sympathy from me. People fall for these cult leaders all the time. No where in the bible could I find that saving soles and preaching the good word requires any money.
requires any money.
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Well someone has to be fed, clothed, bedded, cared for in
other ways. Someone or bodies have to help provide this
care. Be it via cash, food, a place to reside, medical etc.
The one with the most Benjamins gets into heaven first. And, despite popular opinion, you can take it with you.
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