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To Timothy Lucas, it sounded like easy money.
All he had to do was let a doctor give him a physical exam and he would earn $50 — no small amount for the homeless Lexington man.
Instead, Lucas became one of an unknown number of people allegedly duped by a man posing as a doctor doing medical [...]

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Benjamin J. Seigler claimed to have earned $40 million as a solo investor. He told clients he had “more gold chains than Mr. T,” bought mansions and owned 10 cars.
But the truth was that Seigler lived in a small apartment, had no income and himself had been swindled by the same scheme he had perpetrated [...]

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The pastor of a Love Valley area church faces 13 charges after authorities said he conned a church member into giving him money for real estate and a vehicle.
Jeffrey Lynn Lambert, 46, of Statesville is listed as the pastor of the Crossroads Gospel Church near Love Valley.
Lt. Stanley Watkins of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office [...]

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Both Accused of Inflating Number of People Helped After Katrina
HOUSTON  –  The pastors of a southwest Harris County church are accused of stealing millions of dollars meant for college students.
Pastor Eric Washington, 55, is also accused of conspiring to defraud FEMA after Hurricane Katrina.  Law enforcement agencies spent two years investigating [...]

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A Brownsville bishop was arrested Tuesday, authorities said, on charges he illegally bought a Mercedes Benz for a parishioner who is accused of making money through a prescription fraud ring.
Willie J. Jones, a longtime Miami-Dade County public works security guard, heads God’s Calling Gospel Holiness Church, 4699 NW 27th Ave.
He is charged with grand theft, [...]

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