The alleged clothed man known for parading around pulpits in Brooklyn. flashy suits and expensive jewelry He is currently convicted of fraud. Also.
On Monday, jurors found Lamore Whitehead, also known as “”, guilty.glittering bishop”, in connection with three separate financial frauds: wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, attempted extortion, and lying to the FBI.
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Perhaps the most damning of the three concerns Pauline Anderson, the elderly mother of a man who attended Whitehead’s church in Canarsie, Brooklyn, the leader of Tomorrow’s International Ministries. Anderson spent her life helping others as a nurse, and over the years she scraped together about $90,000 for retirement.
Whitehead, who developed a relationship with Anderson’s son through his work as a pastor, gave Anderson the money to buy and renovate a fixer-upper for her, thereby creating a nice home in which to spend the rest of her days. convinced Anderson to give it to her. . But instead of Whitehead buying her a house, she splurged on a BMW and flashy Louis Vuitton clothes. When Anderson’s son tried to get his mother’s money back, Whitehead reportedly texted him asking God for “exact revenge” on the man.
The second case involves Brandon Belmonte, a Brooklyn auto repair shop owner. Whitehead extorted $5,000 from Belmonte after repairs were made. He also attempted to persuade Belmonte to loan him an additional $500,000 in connection with his real estate business, and in return used his influence with New York City Mayor Eric Adams to obtain political favors for Belmonte. I promised to try.
Adams previously described himself as “MentorPhotos show Adams and Whitehead were at times friendly, but prosecutors say Whitehead’s influence in New York City was limited and that the flamboyant bishop knew he was not. insisted. Adams has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Whitehead.
Finally, as previously reported by Blaze News, Whitehead claimed to have millions of dollars in assets in businesses with “average ending balances of less than $10” and falsified multiple bank documents under oath. the affidavit states. He then used his bank loan to purchase a luxury mansion in Paramus, New Jersey, and then used the funds to further attempt to take out his $250,000 loan. However, his loan application in that case was rejected.
Prosecutors argued that Whitehead was “a con man who lied to one victim after another.”
The jury apparently agreed, and Whitehead faces up to 45 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced in July. His lawyer argued that his team plans to appeal.
Whitehead has a history of deceiving others to line his own pockets. In 2006, he was convicted of 17 fraud-related charges for stealing other people’s personal information and using it to buy cars and motorcycles. He then served seven years of a 30-year sentence. He was released in 2013 for his good behavior.
In July 2022, Whitehead made national headlines when masked gunmen invaded his church while he was preaching. The suspects then stole $400,000 worth of jewelry from the Whiteheads, and the whole incident was recorded on a livestream. Two of the suspects, Juwan Anderson and Cyquan Polak, were later arrested and charged with robbery, conspiracy and weapons-related charges. The circumstances of their cases are unknown.
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