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Recently the Detroit Free Press reported on another church embezzlement case.  In the article it is reported that “after 19 months, members of [the Church] are getting a full-time pastor to formally replace [their former pastor] charged with embezzling $700,000 from the [Church].” The article details that this church “struggled with attendance and donations in […]

Lexington woman pleads guilty to embezzling $100,000 from church This headline, which echoes an all too familiar refrain in the church world, recently appeared in the Roanoke Times of Roanoke Virginia. The story reports that, “A Lexington woman admitted Tuesday that she embezzled from [her church] for more than 11 years. The total is expected […]

If you have become a victim of church fraud, chances are that you are in a state of shock. Even the best inside attempts to prevent church fraudmay sometimes fail, as many criminals will foil even the best attempts at church fraud detection. If you have recently become the victim of church fraud, here are […]

You’d think the house of God would be impervious to fraud, but unfortunately, church fraud is quite common among the pews and parishes of modern America. Sometimes it’s because of bad apples among the congregation, other times it’s carried out by religious leaders themselves, but at the end of the day, the money is still […]

Although no one wants to admit it, church fraud protection is something every ministry and not-for-profit agency needs to be consider. A well-developed church fraud prevention program can be the difference between a ministry that thrives and serves its community and one that fails under the weight of negative publicity and loss of funding. While […]