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SEC charges duo over church-based fraud

BY JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023 12:45PM

A man and his father-in-law were charged by the US regulator for running a $30 million Ponzi scheme in which they targeted churchgoers, gaining their trust with claims their wealth and success was due to divine intervention.

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