Missionary To Be Sentenced For Role In Scam

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Tampa Tribune

Missionary To Be Sentenced For Role In Scam
By ELAINE SILVESTRINI
The Tampa Tribune
Published: April 18, 2008

TAMPA - Former Reagan national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane credits Robert Armstrong with helping persuade the president of Sudan to allow United Nations and African Union forces into Sudan.

Richard Kiel, the actor who played James Bond villain "Jaws," says Armstrong has risked his life to bring Christianity to places such as Cuba and Nicaragua and was instrumental in encouraging Kiel to write his life story.

Others, including Mary Fallin, a congresswoman from Oklahoma, vouch for Armstrong's work as a religious publisher and legislative director of the Religious Freedom Coalition in Washington.

Today, Armstrong, 60, of Bradenton, will be sentenced in Tampa's U.S. District Court for his role in a scam to bilk investors who were sold blocks of flight time on airplanes. Armstrong faces a maximum of five years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

Philip S. Haney, an attorney for one of the victims of the scam, People United for Christ, wrote a letter asking for leniency for Armstrong, calling him "a man of high moral character, integrity and pride."



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