A jury in New Orleans convicted Dale Sanders on 25 counts of wire fraud, access device fraud, and obstruction after prosecutors traced more than $340,000 from two Baptist churches to his personal life. The betrayal ran four years, and the record shows he almost walked it into a fifth.
Federal prosecutors say Winston Batino, a minister at the Chicago Church of Christ's North Ministry Center, spent five years collecting money from about 40 of his own congregants for luxury rehab facilities that never existed. The pews were the pipeline.
By Mark Tell · Jun 11
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