A pastor says he may have misunderstood his divine instruction after being accused of a scheme to defraud his parishioners out of $3.2 million, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.Eligio Regalado, who goes by Eli, and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, are being charged by the Colorado Securities Commissi...
  • Codex@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    What’s that Lord? Don’t con the parishioners out of their money and use it to make myself rich? Oh wow I really got that one turned around!

  • Melllvar@startrek.website
    English
    6·
    5 months ago

    From June 2022 to April 2023, INDXcoin scored nearly $3.2 million thanks to investments by more than 300 people in the “Christian community,” the legal filing states. Regalado, who is based in Denver, said that God directly told him investors would be wealthy if they threw all of their money into INDXcoin.

    Doesn’t the Bible have some things to say about wealthy people and their chances of getting into heaven?

    • oleorun@real.lemmy.fanOPMEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Doesn’t the Bible have some things to say about wealthy people and their chances of getting into heaven?

      I’m fairly certain it does.