Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead is accused of extorting a businessman, defrauding a parishioner out of retirement funds and lying to the FBI.
Whitehead reportedly believed she was a threat to his family, released by police about two hours later.who made headlines when he was allegedly robbed of $1 million in jewelry during a live-streamed sermon in July, was arrested again Monday on new federal charges of fraud, extortion and making false statements to FBI agents.
"As we allege today, Lamor Whitehead abused the trust placed in him by a parishioner, bullied a businessman for $5,000, then tried to defraud him of far more than that, and lied to federal agents," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement."His campaign of fraud and deceit stops now." "As we allege today, Whitehead carried out several duplicitous schemes in order to receive funds from his victims," FBI Assistant Director Michael J. Driscoll added."Additionally, when speaking with authorities, Whitehead consciously chose to mislead and lie to them.
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