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Ponzi pastor sentenced

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A federal judge has sentenced former “Healthy Self” church pastor Kent R.E. Whitney to 14 years in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $22.7 million in restitution for defrauding parishioners in a Ponzi scheme.

Categories / Criminal, Financial, Religion

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