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A former Charlotte prosperity gospel preacher who owns a garage full of expensive foreign cars and lives in a million dollar condo was indicted on multiple counts of federal tax fraud this week, reports the Charlotte Observer.
William Todd Coontz, 50, formerly a minister at the Rock Wealth International Ministries, and now living in Florida, is accused of participating in a check-cashing scheme involving travel reimbursements for speaking appearances and for book sales and then filing fraudulent tax returns in order to hide the money.
While it is not known how many of his followers grew rich, Coontz profited mightily as his church paid for his $1.5 million condo he and his family lived in, as well as three BMWs, two Ferraris, a Maserati and a Land Rover.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/high-living-north-carolina-prosperity-gospel-pastor-indicted-for-bilking-church-in-massive-tax-fraud-scam/
Coontzs videos have since been taken down, but his descriptions (including Guaranteed against famine & recession proof blessings) are still on Twitter. He mostly tweets vague platitudes, anti-abortion propaganda, and support for Donald Trump.
Coontz, the author of several books on religion and business finances (including, ironically, Please Dont Repo My Car), is accused of claiming his familys $1.5 million condo (bought by the ministry) as a business expense. He also claimed a boat, three BMWs, two Ferraris, a Maserati, and a Land Rover, and engaged in a check-cashing scheme, according to the prosecutions statement.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/06/25/prosperity-gospel-preacher-charged-with-multi-million-dollar-tax-fraud-scheme/
Turbineguy
(37,206 posts)Not much difference between sending him money or voting for Trump.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)this story reeks of republican "family values."
* the republican Tax-&-Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
FSogol
(45,356 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)that the sleazeball "christian" republican grifter looks suspiciously like russian badboy Vladimir Lenin? That certainly signals something, right?