Pick-Pocketin’ Preachers! 10 Black Churches Caught Up In Embezzlement Scandals
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Kimberly Gedeon
New Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Florida)
Members of New Mt. Zion Missionary in Central Florida will just have to pray for their money back. Pastor Joe Seephis Hardie, 68, pocketed $100,000 from his congregation. Last August, a jury found Hardie guilty of defrauding, money laundering, and grand theft, WPTV5 reported. Prosecutors say Hardie misappropriated church funds for his own use in 2007, 2008, and a portion of 2009.
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