fraud

A woman from Wisconsin pleaded guilty to theft last week for stealing around $30,000 from a local church. She will serve four days in a corrections facility.

A former youth pastor at Atlanta megachurch Perimeter Church has been added to the FBI’s Most Wanted List after being indicted in a $10 million investment fraud scheme.

Christopher Burns, 40, left the ministry in 2011 and became a financial advisor. His father, Bob Burns, was a lay leader at the church and associate pastor for more than 15 years. Burns became a youth pastor at Perimeter in 2007, according to The Roys Report.

The FBI has accused a Christian ministry offering an Obamacare alternative of embezzling $4 million from participants who were left with unpaid medical bills.

Elkin Valley Baptist Church in North Carolina halted the construction of its new worship site after scammers impersonated builders and stole $793,000 from the church.

Leaders of a fraudulent ministry are being charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and visa fraud after spending millions in COVID-19 pandemic relief funds for a down payment on a mansion in Central Florida.

The widow of a well-known Vineyard church leader is suing the pastors of a California Vineyard church for fraud and the alleged misappropriation of $62 million.

A former managing director at Archegos is suing the Grace and Mercy Foundation, a Christian nonprofit.

A retired pastor of a Pittsburgh Presbyterian church has been accused of stealing $357,000 from his former congregation.

A billionaire who worked with ministries and evangelical groups has been charged with millions in fraud.

An internal report released by a Florida megachurch alleges that its founders, who resigned earlier this month, were abusive and mentally troubled.