New York bishop who was robbed during live-streamed sermon arrested on fraud and extortion charges
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A New York bishop with a large following has been indicted on charges of fraud and extortion. Lamor Whitehead, who is known as the "bling bishop" and was robbed at gunpoint while delivering a sermon in Brooklyn earlier this year, is accused of defrauding a parishioner out of her retirement savings, attempting to extort and defraud a businessman, and lying to the FBI.
Whitehead was arrested on Monday and will be presented in federal court, the Department of Justice said in a press release.
He allegedly used threats or false promises to collect money from his victims, telling them the money was going to investments that would benefit them financially. One parishioner invested approximately $90,000 of her retirement savings with him, which Whitehead allegedly spent on luxury goods and other personal purposes.
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