A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in federal
court of using a parishioner�s retirement savings and trying to extort a
businessman while touting he had connections to the New York City mayor.

Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the �Bling Bishop,� is a pastor at the Leaders
of Tomorrow International Ministries. He was found guilty of five counts,
including wire fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements to
the FBI. The convictions are from three separate schemes.

Whitehead, known for his Louis Vuitton suits and extravagant jewelry, also
made headlines in 2022 after he said he and his wife were robbed of $1
million worth of jewelry at their church.

�As a unanimous jury found, Lamor Whitehead abused the trust placed in him
by a parishioner, tried to obtain a fraudulent loan using fake bank
records, bullied a businessman for $5,000, tried to defraud him out of far
more than that, and lied to federal agents,� US Attorney for the Southern
District of New York Damian Williams said in a news release.

�Whitehead�s reprehensible lies and criminal conduct have caught up with
him, as he now stands convicted of five federal crimes and faces time in
prison,� Williams said.

Prosecutors said that Whitehead defrauded one of his parishioners by
convincing her to invest $90,000 of her retirement savings with him,
according to the indictment. The document said Whitehead would help her
buy a home and invest the money, but he used it on luxury goods and
personal expenses instead.

Whitehead also extorted a businessman for $5,000 and then attempted to
convince the man to loan him $500,000 and grant him a stake in real estate
transactions in exchange for obtaining �favorable connections by the New
York City government� that he knew he could not provide, according to the
indictment.

Whitehead used his ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams to try to make
the deal, the district attorney�s office said in a news release.

�As the U.S. Attorney�s office said when they brought this case, the
defendant �knew he could not obtain� favors from city government. With
this ruling, that was proven right,� Charles Kretchmer Lutvak, a
spokesperson for the mayor�s office told CNN Tuesday.

Whitehead also made false statements by telling FBI agents he only had one
phone, when he actually had two, according to the indictment.

Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, except for the false
statements count, which is a maximum sentence of 5 years, according to the
district attorney�s office.

Dawn Florio, one of Whitehead�s attorneys, said they plan to appeal the
verdict. His sentencing is scheduled for July 1, she added.

On 13/03/2024 6:49 pm, useapen wrote:
> A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in federal
> court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and trying to extort a
> businessman while touting he had connections to the New York City mayor.
>
> Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” is a pastor at the Leaders
> of Tomorrow International Ministries. He was found guilty of five counts,
> including wire fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements to
> the FBI. The convictions are from three separate schemes.
>
> Whitehead, known for his Louis Vuitton suits and extravagant jewelry, also
> made headlines in 2022 after he said he and his wife were robbed of $1
> million worth of jewelry at their church.
>
> “As a unanimous jury found, Lamor Whitehead abused the trust placed in him
> by a parishioner, tried to obtain a fraudulent loan using fake bank
> records, bullied a businessman for $5,000, tried to defraud him out of far
> more than that, and lied to federal agents,” US Attorney for the Southern
> District of New York Damian Williams said in a news release.
>
> “Whitehead’s reprehensible lies and criminal conduct have caught up with
> him, as he now stands convicted of five federal crimes and faces time in
> prison,” Williams said.
>
> Prosecutors said that Whitehead defrauded one of his parishioners by
> convincing her to invest $90,000 of her retirement savings with him,
> according to the indictment. The document said Whitehead would help her
> buy a home and invest the money, but he used it on luxury goods and
> personal expenses instead.
>
> Whitehead also extorted a businessman for $5,000 and then attempted to
> convince the man to loan him $500,000 and grant him a stake in real estate
> transactions in exchange for obtaining “favorable connections by the New
> York City government” that he knew he could not provide, according to the
> indictment.
>
> Whitehead used his ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams to try to make
> the deal, the district attorney’s office said in a news release.
>
> “As the U.S. Attorney’s office said when they brought this case, the
> defendant ‘knew he could not obtain’ favors from city government. With
> this ruling, that was proven right,” Charles Kretchmer Lutvak, a
> spokesperson for the mayor’s office told CNN Tuesday.
>
> Whitehead also made false statements by telling FBI agents he only had one
> phone, when he actually had two, according to the indictment.
>
> Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, except for the false
> statements count, which is a maximum sentence of 5 years, according to the
> district attorney’s office.
>
> Dawn Florio, one of Whitehead’s attorneys, said they plan to appeal the
> verdict. His sentencing is scheduled for July 1, she added.

That is sinner Christianity for ya, but they'll tell you they are born
again, born of God! :-).

Michael Christ
--
God is God

Jesus is the everlasting Father, Jesus is God, Jesus is the Lord. John
10:30  I and Father are one. If you can't see that the Lord Jesus is the
everlasting Father you are not born again and can't see the Kingdom of God.

Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were
YET sinners, Christ died for us.

Jeremiah 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it
is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Psalms 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt
are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that
hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

"To seek your own will is to seek your own glory."

"If God is not first in everything He is not first in anything."

"What makes the bible the truth? The resonance (voice, the Person) of
God. When you find Him you have found the author."

"All men were born sinners. Why? Because all men were born not loving
God with all their heart, soul, and mind. An abomination. Therefore,
sin is not what you do; it is what you are."

"Compromise will condemn you."

"There are no sinners in Christ Jesus."

"My sons are born of Me. In them is no darkness at all."

"You can't learn righteousness. Haven't you had enough time already to
know that?"

"The way of truth is the testimony of life."

"I merely speak the truth, what is revealed to me, and the cards fall
where God intends."

"Nothing that is produced is produced without first being faith."

"You can only find proof of God through faith because that is how we all
live, by faith."

"It is not what you do that matters, it is how you treat Me."

"Keep going forward. Forget about the past. Lift up your head, look
ahead."

"You cannot be free and free indeed with guilt in your heart."

"Priority is everything."

"The truth doesn't need evidence, it is evidence."

"There is no greater possession a man has than his own will, to squander
it or to place it where it truly belongs."

"An atheist is a fool who thinks truth is found in living a lie."

"Saying "prove it" [as a foundation] is merely an ignorant straw man, to
an ignorant straw man."

"Wait, rest, be still, and know."

"No man can wash his own hands!!!"

"I find this in the Christianity religions: 'Nobody's perfect' they say,
and they use that as an excuse not to do what is perfect."

The Atheist: "They don't believe and put their faith in a Creator (the
obvious). So no evidence and proof is to be found!!"

"The world is the way it is because God can't compromise who He is."

"Man is not the centre of being."

"Man is incompatible with the natural world because of his sinful nature."

"And then the Lord said, "I see everything."

"Man has no greater idol than his own will."

"Where is God hiding? He isn't."

"If you don't keep all the scriptures, you can't keep any of them."

"You can't prove anything because everything depends on a person's
willingness to believe."

"Atheists are ultimately trying to be pointlessness, meaninglessness,
and purposelessness in their point, meaning, and purpose."

"The last day of creation will be the last day of time. God is always
full of hope."

"The veil of the temple was rent in twain, not to have a book pass
through it so that a sinner could play God."

"A phylactery does not a heart for God make. Not back then, and not today."

"No one in heaven is better (or higher) than what makes it heaven. Such
is the love of God."

"The definition of an atheist: A man full of bluster and bullshit
pretending he is the meaning of life."

"Free will is not power; it is the choice that I allow; that choice is
still according to my power," says the Lord.

What does a fool do? A fool looks for a "nothing" in a "something" in
order to explain the existence of existence.

"Unless you do all because He is who He is, all your religion is in vain."

"Every man is subject to God; He judges every man, and He is reality.
 What a gift in a fallen world!"

"Love MUST be a choice or it is nothing but a law!"

"Why were all men born sinners? So that God could reveal Himself, so
that we would behold the glory of God, and that we should bring forth
the glory of God"

"God does not and will not arbitrate for any man to love Him! If God
isn't everything to you, He is nothing to you where the rubber meets the
road."

"It is the unforgivable sin not to love God with all your heart, soul,
and mind. What do you have that is lasting? It is not so much being
punished; it is what you are left with."

"Love isn't worth anything without first a free will choice for God to
birth it in a man."

"The point of salvation: desperation. Anything less than that is
self-righteousness."

"A sinner is not a believer in God; a sinner is a believer in sin."

"A piece of dirt is not the promised land; that is only a reflection.
The promised land is knowing Me, says the Lord."

"It is all about God or it is all about idolatry."

"The Lord Jesus is coming soon. He has always come soon."

"There is no revolving door of self-worship in a son of God's life!"

"There is no such thing as random!"

"You can't truly love without it being with all your heart."

"No one can see God without their whole heart. Unless you can see God,
you know nothing."

"You can't learn God, God has to reveal Himself to you."

In <usrtk7$t0ag$2@dont-email.me> Michael Christ
<michaelmclean2021@outlook.com> wrote:
> On 13/03/2024 6:49 pm, useapen wrote:
>> A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in
>> federal court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and
>> trying to extort a businessman while touting he had connections to
>> the New York City mayor.
>>
>> Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” is a pastor at the
>> Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries. He was found guilty of
>> five counts, including wire fraud, attempted extortion and making
>> false statements to the FBI. The convictions are from three separate
>> schemes.
>>
>> Whitehead, known for his Louis Vuitton suits and extravagant jewelry,
>> also made headlines in 2022 after he said he and his wife were robbed
>> of $1 million worth of jewelry at their church.
>>
>> “As a unanimous jury found, Lamor Whitehead abused the trust placed
>> in him by a parishioner, tried to obtain a fraudulent loan using fake
>> bank records, bullied a businessman for $5,000, tried to defraud him
>> out of far more than that, and lied to federal agents,” US Attorney
>> for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a news
>> release.
>>
>> “Whitehead’s reprehensible lies and criminal conduct have caught
>> up with him, as he now stands convicted of five federal crimes and
>> faces time in prison,” Williams said.
>>
>> Prosecutors said that Whitehead defrauded one of his parishioners by
>> convincing her to invest $90,000 of her retirement savings with him,
>> according to the indictment. The document said Whitehead would help
>> her buy a home and invest the money, but he used it on luxury goods
>> and personal expenses instead.
>>
>> Whitehead also extorted a businessman for $5,000 and then attempted
>> to convince the man to loan him $500,000 and grant him a stake in
>> real estate transactions in exchange for obtaining “favorable
>> connections by the New York City government” that he knew he could
>> not provide, according to the indictment.
>>
>> Whitehead used his ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams to try to
>> make the deal, the district attorney’s office said in a news
>> release.
>>
>> “As the U.S. Attorney’s office said when they brought this case,
>> the defendant ‘knew he could not obtain’ favors from city
>> government. With this ruling, that was proven right,” Charles
>> Kretchmer Lutvak, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office told CNN
>> Tuesday.
>>
>> Whitehead also made false statements by telling FBI agents he only
>> had one phone, when he actually had two, according to the indictment.
>>
>> Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, except for the
>> false statements count, which is a maximum sentence of 5 years,
>> according to the district attorney’s office.
>>
>> Dawn Florio, one of Whitehead’s attorneys, said they plan to appeal
>> the verdict. His sentencing is scheduled for July 1, she added.
>
> That is sinner Christianity for ya, but they'll tell you they are born
> again, born of God! :-).

That's typical black behavior. You can put a jungle ape in a suit, but
you can't take the jungle off the ape.

On 14/03/2024 9:37 am, Hangit wrote:
> In <usrtk7$t0ag$2@dont-email.me> Michael Christ
> <michaelmclean2021@outlook.com> wrote:
>> On 13/03/2024 6:49 pm, useapen wrote:
>>> A flashy, jewelry-wearing Brooklyn pastor was convicted Monday in
>>> federal court of using a parishioner’s retirement savings and
>>> trying to extort a businessman while touting he had connections to
>>> the New York City mayor.
>>>
>>> Lamor Whitehead, nicknamed the “Bling Bishop,” is a pastor at the
>>> Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries. He was found guilty of
>>> five counts, including wire fraud, attempted extortion and making
>>> false statements to the FBI. The convictions are from three separate
>>> schemes.
>>>
>>> Whitehead, known for his Louis Vuitton suits and extravagant jewelry,
>>> also made headlines in 2022 after he said he and his wife were robbed
>>> of $1 million worth of jewelry at their church.
>>>
>>> “As a unanimous jury found, Lamor Whitehead abused the trust placed
>>> in him by a parishioner, tried to obtain a fraudulent loan using fake
>>> bank records, bullied a businessman for $5,000, tried to defraud him
>>> out of far more than that, and lied to federal agents,” US Attorney
>>> for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a news
>>> release.
>>>
>>> “Whitehead’s reprehensible lies and criminal conduct have caught
>>> up with him, as he now stands convicted of five federal crimes and
>>> faces time in prison,” Williams said.
>>>
>>> Prosecutors said that Whitehead defrauded one of his parishioners by
>>> convincing her to invest $90,000 of her retirement savings with him,
>>> according to the indictment. The document said Whitehead would help
>>> her buy a home and invest the money, but he used it on luxury goods
>>> and personal expenses instead.
>>>
>>> Whitehead also extorted a businessman for $5,000 and then attempted
>>> to convince the man to loan him $500,000 and grant him a stake in
>>> real estate transactions in exchange for obtaining “favorable
>>> connections by the New York City government” that he knew he could
>>> not provide, according to the indictment.
>>>
>>> Whitehead used his ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams to try to
>>> make the deal, the district attorney’s office said in a news
>>> release.
>>>
>>> “As the U.S. Attorney’s office said when they brought this case,
>>> the defendant ‘knew he could not obtain’ favors from city
>>> government. With this ruling, that was proven right,” Charles
>>> Kretchmer Lutvak, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office told CNN
>>> Tuesday.
>>>
>>> Whitehead also made false statements by telling FBI agents he only
>>> had one phone, when he actually had two, according to the indictment.
>>>
>>> Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, except for the
>>> false statements count, which is a maximum sentence of 5 years,
>>> according to the district attorney’s office.
>>>
>>> Dawn Florio, one of Whitehead’s attorneys, said they plan to appeal
>>> the verdict. His sentencing is scheduled for July 1, she added.
>>
>> That is sinner Christianity for ya, but they'll tell you they are born
>> again, born of God! :-).

> That's typical black behavior. You can put a jungle ape in a suit, but
> you can't take the jungle off the ape.

I don't know what black has to do with it, but the sinner Christian
thinks he can change himself (wicked), but only God can change things.

Michael Christ

--
God is God

Jesus is the everlasting Father, Jesus is God, Jesus is the Lord. John
10:30  I and Father are one. If you can't see that the Lord Jesus is the
everlasting Father you are not born again and can't see the Kingdom of God.

Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were
YET sinners, Christ died for us.

Jeremiah 10:23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it
is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Psalms 53:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt
are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that
hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

"To seek your own will is to seek your own glory."

"If God is not first in everything He is not first in anything."

"What makes the bible the truth? The resonance (voice, the Person) of
God. When you find Him you have found the author."

"All men were born sinners. Why? Because all men were born not loving
God with all their heart, soul, and mind. An abomination. Therefore,
sin is not what you do; it is what you are."

"Compromise will condemn you."

"There are no sinners in Christ Jesus."

"My sons are born of Me. In them is no darkness at all."

"You can't learn righteousness. Haven't you had enough time already to
know that?"

"The way of truth is the testimony of life."

"I merely speak the truth, what is revealed to me, and the cards fall
where God intends."

"Nothing that is produced is produced without first being faith."

"You can only find proof of God through faith because that is how we all
live, by faith."

"It is not what you do that matters, it is how you treat Me."

"Keep going forward. Forget about the past. Lift up your head, look
ahead."

"You cannot be free and free indeed with guilt in your heart."

"Priority is everything."

"The truth doesn't need evidence, it is evidence."

"There is no greater possession a man has than his own will, to squander
it or to place it where it truly belongs."

"An atheist is a fool who thinks truth is found in living a lie."

"Saying "prove it" [as a foundation] is merely an ignorant straw man, to
an ignorant straw man."

"Wait, rest, be still, and know."

"No man can wash his own hands!!!"

"I find this in the Christianity religions: 'Nobody's perfect' they say,
and they use that as an excuse not to do what is perfect."

The Atheist: "They don't believe and put their faith in a Creator (the
obvious). So no evidence and proof is to be found!!"

"The world is the way it is because God can't compromise who He is."

"Man is not the centre of being."

"Man is incompatible with the natural world because of his sinful nature."

"And then the Lord said, "I see everything."

"Man has no greater idol than his own will."

"Where is God hiding? He isn't."

"If you don't keep all the scriptures, you can't keep any of them."

"You can't prove anything because everything depends on a person's
willingness to believe."

"Atheists are ultimately trying to be pointlessness, meaninglessness,
and purposelessness in their point, meaning, and purpose."

"The last day of creation will be the last day of time. God is always
full of hope."

"The veil of the temple was rent in twain, not to have a book pass
through it so that a sinner could play God."

"A phylactery does not a heart for God make. Not back then, and not today."

"No one in heaven is better (or higher) than what makes it heaven. Such
is the love of God."

"The definition of an atheist: A man full of bluster and bullshit
pretending he is the meaning of life."

"Free will is not power; it is the choice that I allow; that choice is
still according to my power," says the Lord.

What does a fool do? A fool looks for a "nothing" in a "something" in
order to explain the existence of existence.

"Unless you do all because He is who He is, all your religion is in vain."

"Every man is subject to God; He judges every man, and He is reality.
 What a gift in a fallen world!"

"Love MUST be a choice or it is nothing but a law!"

"Why were all men born sinners? So that God could reveal Himself, so
that we would behold the glory of God, and that we should bring forth
the glory of God"

"God does not and will not arbitrate for any man to love Him! If God
isn't everything to you, He is nothing to you where the rubber meets the
road."

"It is the unforgivable sin not to love God with all your heart, soul,
and mind. What do you have that is lasting? It is not so much being
punished; it is what you are left with."