Hallelujah, Jeezu$!
Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:27:36 GMT
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washingtonpost.com
Ga. Preacher Found Guilty in Church Scam
Associated Press
Tuesday, February 8, 2005; Page A24
ATLANTA, Feb. 7 -- A preacher was convicted Monday
of stealing nearly $9 million from hundreds of small black
churches across the country that were promised hundreds
of thousands of dollars in exchange for small investments.
Abraham Kennard was found guilty in U.S. District Court
in Rome, Ga., of all 116 counts, including mail fraud and
tax evasion. Prosecutors said he ran a pyramid scheme
largely meant to take advantage of a tight network of black
preachers.
"I know you can see clearly it was a scheme, all right.
And for some 1,600 churches, it was a nightmare,"
prosecutor David McClernan told jurors in his closing
argument last week.
Kennard, 46, of Wildwood, Ga., said he is not guilty
of anything and made no apologies for a life of nice
cars and fancy suits.
"It's not a law against riding in a Cadillac if you don't
want to ride in a Volkswagen," Kennard, who represented
himself, said in his opening remarks. Michael Trost, who
served as Kennard's standby counsel, said he thinks
Kennard intended to help the churches.
Prosecutors said Kennard claimed his company was
developing Christian resorts around the country.
He told preachers that for a fee of a few thousand dollars,
their churches could be "members" of his company.
In return, he promised that in time the churches would
get a grant or a forgivable loan of up to $500,000.
Kennard's brother, LaBoyce, was also found guilty
Monday of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Prosecutors said he accepted more than $360,000
from his brother.
© 2005 The Washington Post Company
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:27:53 GMT
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König Prüß, GfbAEV wrote:
> washingtonpost.com
> Ga. Preacher Found Guilty in Church Scam
>>
> ATLANTA, Feb. 7 -- A preacher was convicted Monday
> of stealing nearly $9 million from hundreds of small black
> churches across the country that were promised hundreds
> of thousands of dollars in exchange for small investments.
>> Abraham Kennard was found guilty in U.S. District Court
> in Rome, Ga., of all 116 counts, including mail fraud and
> tax evasion. Prosecutors said he ran a pyramid scheme
> largely meant to take advantage of a tight network of black
> preachers.
>> "I know you can see clearly it was a scheme, all right.
> And for some 1,600 churches, it was a nightmare,"
> prosecutor David McClernan told jurors in his closing
> argument last week.
>> Kennard, 46, of Wildwood, Ga., said he is not guilty
> of anything and made no apologies for a life of nice
> cars and fancy suits.
>> "It's not a law against riding in a Cadillac if you don't
> want to ride in a Volkswagen," Kennard, who represented
> himself, said in his opening remarks. Michael Trost, who
> served as Kennard's standby counsel, said he thinks
> Kennard intended to help the churches.
That could be Stang if our Church had any physical nodes to milk, but
its just data packets. Binary nipples are bogus unless you are a
wank-monkey. Let that be a lesson to you: if your collection plate only
exists on a screen, they'll never respect you enough to let you have
pictures of your own colonoscopy.
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HellPope Huey
I mostly just want a better chair
and to not have to hold the chicken
between my knees.
Is that so WRONG??
How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts?
It depraves and corrupts me.
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Well it DOESN'T!! It falls out of my holly-jolly BUTT!!"
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