Bishop Lamor Whitehead who is known for his flashy lifestyle made headlines on Monday after being found guilty in federal court of wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI.
After the shocking news surfaced all over the internet, Whitehead hopped on Instagram live to explain more of the story to his followers. “We’re going to be appealing this but I need y’all to understand you can’t state in one breath, no justice no peace and then you don’t even get the whole story and everybody’s sending me to prison. Everybody’s saying I robbed this person and that person.” He continued to explain that he wants to folks to do their research when it comes to his case and also asked for people on social media to be sensitive about the stuff that people post because of his children. “I’m still a man of God and I still preach the word of God no matter what you guys think.”
As we previously shared, Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, was found guilty of five counts after a trial in federal court in Manhattan that began late last month. Prosecutors had argued that the preacher exaggerated his ties to Mayor Eric Adams and let greed overtake him as he looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle.
He also was accused of lying to FBI agents by denying he had a second cellphone.
“Whitehead abused the trust placed in him by a parishioner, tried to obtain a fraudulent loan using fake bank records, bullied a businessman for $5,000, tried to defraud him out of far more than that, and lied to federal agents,” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.
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Whitehead was previously convicted of identity theft. However, the details that emerged from this new case were straight out of a Lifetime movie, presumably titled “The Preacher Who Stole My Retirement Fund.”