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Raleigh pastor pleads guilty to Covid-19 loan fraud charges, facing up to 30 years in prison
ABC 11 News ^ | May 30, 2025 | Tom George

Posted on 06/01/2025 2:23:46 PM PDT by Morgana

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh pastor is facing decades behind bars after pleading guilty to receiving more than $400,000 of fraudulent government-funded COVID-19 loans.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 45-year-old Mitchell Summerfield was found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 loan funds.

According to court documents, Summerfield was the pastor of the Word of God Fellowship Church in Raleigh and owned various other businesses, including Winning Ways, KHS Investments, and Vision and Destiny.

In 2018, Summerfield stepped into the role of lead pastor at Word of God Fellowship, a church founded by his late parents. His church biography describes him as "a next generation leader," crediting him for closing real estate deals valued at over a million dollars.

At one of the companies, Winning Ways, which Summerfield claimed is a home for teen mothers, investigators said it never operated, but he still received a nearly $150,000 loan.

Between July 2020 and July 2021, documents said Summerfield conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster loans (EIDL) for his businesses.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc11.com ...


TOPICS: Charismatic Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: church; covid; crime; fraud; ppp; theft
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1 posted on 06/01/2025 2:23:46 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Yogi, where are you?


2 posted on 06/01/2025 2:25:18 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Morgana

30 yrs for stealing. People get 30 days for shooting someone on the subway


3 posted on 06/01/2025 2:25:34 PM PDT by Greg123456
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To: Steely Tom

Yep, boo boo, it’s “them”.


4 posted on 06/01/2025 2:31:13 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Nervous Tick; Steely Tom; SaveFerris; No name given

This is where I first learned of this story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOBGkrO9D5c


5 posted on 06/01/2025 2:33:08 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 )
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To: Morgana
It’s the inevitable result when the government throws around huge amounts of money like it’s confetti. And for every scammer they catch, I’m guessing 20 get away.


6 posted on 06/01/2025 2:35:46 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Morgana

Guess he didn’t really believe in the 3rd and 8th Commandments.


7 posted on 06/01/2025 2:36:05 PM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: Greg123456

Up to 30 years. He has diversity protection and will see a lot less.


8 posted on 06/01/2025 2:43:00 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Morgana

Yet more proof government programs are just con jobs for grifters.

No accountability. Bureaucratic morass of lazy government employees.


9 posted on 06/01/2025 2:43:11 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Morgana

He should just put on a dress, some high heels, and change his last name to Biden.


10 posted on 06/01/2025 2:44:01 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Morgana

People are starting to go down for PPP fraud. Word got out in communities, and people conspired to defraud the government (taxpayers). They never stopped to think that this stuff wouldn’t somehow be audited.

I watched a video of a man who was complaining on social media about being caught; it was just something “everyone did.” He has an ankle monitor, and was told he was facing 10 years in federal prison unless he could come up with the $20,000; that might sway a judge to go easier on the sentencing.

He said the money was long gone, that the only thing tangible thing he had from the theft was the Rolex on his wrist. It would be sweet if that wound up being fake; the swindler getting swindled.

I have no pity for him or anyone else.


11 posted on 06/01/2025 2:44:07 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: Morgana

It’s them again, Yogi.


12 posted on 06/01/2025 2:47:19 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Morgana

* Who were the lending agencies?

* Sounds like an O scheme, that a community organizer would pull, fraudulent birth certificate and all?

* Like property tax confiscation.


13 posted on 06/01/2025 2:49:57 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 thoe prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: silent majority rising

At all.


14 posted on 06/01/2025 2:50:39 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Fledermaus

* Property taxes. Uniparty and all


15 posted on 06/01/2025 2:53:45 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 thoe prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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To: Steely Tom

It wasn’t just “them”. None of our County Supervisors or City officials are “them” but more than just a few used PPP “loans” to pad their bank accounts.


16 posted on 06/01/2025 2:58:50 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: scott7278

Yes, there are a lot of people who fraudulently took out these loans. A city council member in Charlotte, NC took out more than $100,000 and used $30,000 to pay for her own fancy birthday party. She even had a throne for the night.

It turns out she is already a convicted felon and spent four years in federal prison for taking out thousands of dollars in student loans and helping others to do the same.

How can she vote? She just voted to pay the Charlotte police chief more than $400,000 under the table because he said his feeling were hurt by comments of the city council and he might sue. Charlotte has an infestation of grifters.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/23/charlotte-councilwoman-tiawana-brown-federal-charges/83819326007/


17 posted on 06/01/2025 3:07:48 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Morgana

18 posted on 06/01/2025 3:28:36 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Texas Eagle; Steely Tom; No name given ; Nervous Tick

Steely Tom, no name given, Nervous Tick... Are you saying blacks are the only ones committing PPP fraud?


19 posted on 06/01/2025 4:12:58 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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20 posted on 06/01/2025 4:29:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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