*Bishop Lamor Whitehead is allegedly caught up in more fraud-related shenanigans, and this time it involves a church that he does not own.
An April 28 lawsuit in Brooklyn Supreme Court alleges that he falsely claimed ownership of a church building whose congregation he evicted. According to the lawsuit, Whitehead never owned the property, Hot 97 reports.
Last December, Whitehead changed the locks on the decade-old church named Glory of God Global Ministry on Foster Avenue in East Flatbush. After changing the locks, he allegedly kicked out the congregation of 200 people.
Per Hot 97, TheCity reports “The property was purchased by a trust owned by Maryland resident Michael Moses and his sister Lydia at a tax sale auction for $1.9 million in February of 2022.”
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The report continues, “After that sale went through, Whitehead contacted the siblings to express interest in buying the building. In turn they granted him permission to evict the current tenants while securing financing for the property.”
Whitehead never secured funding, but the suit alleges he submitted a falsified deed to the City Register Office in April. The Brooklyn bishop said the rightful owner is his church, Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Canarsie.
“The fraudulent deed was executed and recorded without the knowledge and or consent of Plaintiff Michael Moses, the Trustee of the Trust,” according to the lawsuit, TheCity reports.
The suit seeks “$3.5 million in damages from Whitehead and his church, and for the city to void their deed,” per TheCity.
Whitehead called the lawsuit frivolous and denied the allegation he filed a false deed, TheCity reports.
In related news, Whitehead is also accused of using fake bank records to secure a mortgage for his million-dollar mansion in Paramus, NJ. Additionally, he faces federal charges for allegedly swindling one of his parishioners out of her life savings.
Whitehead, who was robbed while preaching at his church last summer, was arrested in December on federal charges for allegedly defrauding a parishioner, trying to extort a businessman, and lying to the FBI, according to a federal indictment.
We reported previously, citing CNN, that Whitehead allegedly defrauded one of his parishioners out of about $90,000 from her retirement savings over the course of at least 14 months beginning around April 2020, according to the indictment.
The document said Whitehead told the parishioner he would use her money to help her buy a home and invest the rest of the money but instead used it “to purchase thousands of dollars of luxury goods and clothing” and “for his own purposes.”
He faces up to 65 years in prison if convicted.
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