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Pittsburgh woman sentenced to prison for coercing church ministry into forced labor
WPXI ^ | April 7, 2021 | Cara Sapida

Posted on 04/07/2021 1:18:58 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

CHICAGO — A self-appointed bishop of a Pittsburgh church ministry was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for a forced labor and fraud scheme.

Tracie Dickey, also known as “Tracie Williams,” 57, was sentenced on wire fraud and labor trafficking charges after officials say she forced church members to work certain jobs, pocketed their earnings and directed them to defraud various hotels.

Dickey was a self-appointed bishop of Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries, an organization she founded that proclaimed to offer faith-based services in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida.

She also supposedly operated a travel agency known as World Ambassador Travel. Officials said Dickey recruited young women to become members of the ministry and directed them to work multiple jobs, including as desk clerks at hotels. She instructed the members on how to have the hotels pay reservation-commission fees to Dickey’s travel agency, even though her agency never actually booked reservations on behalf of the hotel guests. The hotel scheme resulted in at least $66,525 in fraudulent proceeds, according to a news release.

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TOPICS: General Discusssion; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: bishop; crime; pittsburgh
Ironically, this is one of the articles that comes up when you google her name:

Bishop Tracie Williams Dickey of Pittsburgh a True Woman of God

1 posted on 04/07/2021 1:18:58 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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2 posted on 04/07/2021 1:26:02 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I guess she can campaign for Congress from her jail cell. I mean, well, you probably know what I mean ....


3 posted on 04/07/2021 1:28:35 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: Repeal The 17th

She looks legit.


4 posted on 04/07/2021 1:41:04 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator
She looks like Mrs Butterworth

but greasier.

5 posted on 04/07/2021 1:42:15 PM PDT by NativeSon ( )
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
See, this is a slavery case that actually merits reparations.
6 posted on 04/07/2021 1:43:22 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Methinks too many Twinkies.

5.56mm


7 posted on 04/07/2021 1:50:57 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: NativeSon

More like a broiled Pillsbury dough boy


8 posted on 04/07/2021 2:03:16 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: Repeal The 17th
"Can I get an AMEN?"
9 posted on 04/07/2021 2:07:08 PM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

She can be a pilot, when she gets out.

‘Diversifying the cockpit:’ United Airlines recruiting 5K pilots for new flight school; half will be women, people of color
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10 posted on 04/07/2021 2:32:02 PM PDT by familyop
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But a career as a coyote might also be a good fit. She could be a token member of a Catholic charity.

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11 posted on 04/07/2021 2:34:47 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Repeal The 17th; dfwgator

Stout, Extra Stout...and the new Hindenburg line.


12 posted on 04/07/2021 3:29:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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[Bishop Tracie Williams Dickey of Pittsburgh a True Woman of God]

Makes perfect sense that it’s on Yahoo. It’s their kind of fare.


13 posted on 04/07/2021 3:30:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: NativeSon
She looks like Mrs Butterworth

but greasier.

LMAO

14 posted on 04/07/2021 5:58:40 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: NativeSon

[She looks like she ate all of the Mrs Butterworth]

There. Fixed it for you.


15 posted on 04/15/2021 1:21:46 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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