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Televangelist in Maryland Gets 27 Months for Fraud

A Maryland pastor and longtime televangelist, Robert J. Freeman, a.k.a Dr. Shine, is going to jail for 27 months and was ordered to pay $630,000 to four church members. The Washington Post reports that the â€˜Gods Top Gun of deliveranceâ€™ pastor lied to bankruptcy courts and hid the churchâ€™s assets in order to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts.

Freeman, 56, also convinced church members to take out loans for his multiple cars and $1.75 million waterfront home with five fireplaces, a jet-ski lift and two four-car garages. When the church could not cover the bills, church members were on the hook for the debt, and in some cases lost their homes and jobs. ...

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8/13/12 2:41 PM

Jim Lincoln

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jpw, first they have to get arrested and charged before the courts can get, "interested." From one of SA's favorite sites, I believe, Grassley Concludes Senate Probe of 'Prosperity' Televangelists. Senator Grassley got a little done, though much too little.

8/11/12 11:16 PM

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the nation's courts actually care about fraud and want to do something about it? hahahahahahahahahaha! come on now, that's funny!

8/11/12 2:13 PM

Jim Lincoln

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Something that really, really needs to happen more often! The Word-Faith Movement: Wolves In Sheep's Clothing. Is there some sidelines we can stand wave placards etc, and saying "Thataboys!" Go get 'em FBI or more specifically, President Obamaâ€™s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF)

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