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Posted on 03/13/2023 10:04:06 AM PDT by Morgana
Federal prosecutors have charged Bishop Lamor Whitehead of Brooklyn with falsifying bank records to get approved for a mortgage for his million-dollar New Jersey mansion.
Federal prosecutors said that to secure the loan for the $1.3 million home in Paramus, Whitehead, 44, made it appear that an LLC he controlled had an average balance of more than $2 million when the account actually held less than $10. Government officials said he also applied for a $250,000 business loan for the LLC based on fraudulent information, per the New York Post.
Whitehead, who has ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has been involved in several legal matters in the past year.
He is currently out on a $500,000 bond while facing two counts of wire fraud, one count of extortion and one count of making material false statements to the FBI in a case where he allegedly scammed a member of his congregation out of $90,000 that she says he promised to use to buy her a house. He faces a maximum of 65 years in prison if convicted.
He now faces an additional count of wire fraud related to the most recent case.
Dawn Florio, Whitehead’s lawyer, said Whitehead denies all the charges and will plead not guilty when he is arraigned.
The bishop first made headlines in July 2022 when he and his wife were robbed of $1 million worth of jewelry by three masked, armed men during a sermon at his Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries church in Brooklyn that was being livestreamed.
Critics accused Whitehead, who embraces a flashy lifestyle that includes driving Rolls Royce and wearing expensive jewelry and designer clothes, of staging the robbery, and the bishop later filed a lawsuit against two YouTube personalities for defamation of character in connection with their online commentaries about the video.
In October, two men were arrested and charged with the robbery. Both have pleaded not guilty.
In September, Whitehead was arrested after he forcefully grabbed a woman by the back of her neck for disrupting his sermon and led her out of the room. The charges were dropped, and he was let go a couple of hours after he was arrested.
He should have used Kenneth Copelands tax accountant on how to avoid messes like this one.
Another black ministrial scammer.
$1.3MM is hardly a mansion in NJ—even Paramus.
The Bishop should have been straight forward and financially responsible about taking on debt ...like the government is...
“Whitehead” sounds like a Bond babe name like “Honey Ryder” and “Kissy” and “Plenty O’Toole”. (Intentionally leaving off the babe name from Goldfinger LOL)
If the guy had to lie to get a mortgage, is he really a prosperity preacher? Or just a really bad one?
I sorta disagreed, until I read the full name. La More White Head.
Eddie Murphy would have his biggest hit movie in decades if he would act as “The Rev-er-end” Lamor Whitehead, who is already a parody, a cartoonish stereotype.
If Eddie’s not available, maybe Chris Rock.
No, he's what's commonly known as a liar!
Average balance a million dollars but actually held less than 10 dollars. Man that’s some bald out right lying!
(when the account actually held less than $10)
How many times I gotta tell you guys to not talk about my bank accounts!???!!
C’mon man!!!
Don’t tell the ladies how rich I am. I’ll be getting marriage proposals!!
😂🤣😛😛😛
Oh man, that suit is you!
C’mon Dave, give me a break.....
(I set ‘en up...)
🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳🎳
One break...coming up!
Woohoo!!!
Hey hey hey.... one break.... coming up!!
Feds upset that someone stole money they believe rightly belongs to them? They must be racist. If it were a white man, they wouldn’t be making this fuss. Isn’t that the narrative we keep hearing to gloss over & justify these actions? After all, isn’t he entitled to reparations he deems are fair for diversity, inclusion, & equity?
My grandmother use to send checks to the 700 Club Pat Roberts all the time. The checks went thru the family business first and were intercepted by her sons and never got to Pat Roberts. I knew way back then that Pat Roberts was a fraud.
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