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There really wasn't a good place to put this one, so I generated a thread where we can throw especially egregious grift and con job posts. It will probably sink like a rock, but it's here if anyone needs it.


Pastor and family stole $8M in Covid scam, feds say. Why no charges?


"Federal agents arrived on the scene and began searching the 2020 Mercedes. What they found indicated this was not a typical road trip.

Edwards, seated in the front passenger seat, had a laser printer on his lap. In a rear passenger seat, next to his wife and daughter, were two clear garbage bags full of shredded documents, according to the complaint.

The family’s personal electronic devices were stuffed into a so-called Faraday bag, which blocks radio frequencies to keep from being tracked, the complaint says.

There were also suitcases full of financial records, two other Faraday bags with laptops and tablets inside, a document shredder, and multiple backpacks containing external hard drives and USB drives, according to the complaint.

“Other electronic documents located in the search include a 49-page research manual published by the Bureau of Justice related to ‘Tracing Money Flows Through Financial Institutions,’” the federal complaint says."
 
My brother-in-law is a grifter. He had a religious conversion about 15 years ago, and we all are surprised that he has not formed his own church since then as a way to stiff people out of their money. It seemed like a perfect transition. I guess he still has time.
 
I made $600 in a pyramid scheme back in HS (early 80's); buddy's father was literally handing out cash in bags. It was so stupid, pay $100, get $600 at lunchtime. Never heard what happened when it imploded.

Or you could just title this "Madoff Wannabes".
 
Saw a local guy, masquerading as some form of worship, would tell his congregation that he felt some people would get unexpected money in the mail as a miracle.

He probably sent out 10% of the donations to random people in the church.

Pathetic.
 
In the '89's wasn't there some scam going around about mailing a dollar bill back to someone and getting five back somehow?
 

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