France: Pastor convicted for swindling over 2 million euros
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Charles Bameko, a 52-year-old Congolese pastor of the la Bonne semence transmise (Good seed transmitted) church in the French city of Créteil, was given a suspended three-year prison sentence for swindling over two million euros.
Between 2019 and 2022, he collected thousands of donations from members of his congregation and online, as part of his religious activities. The money was divided among several personal, business and association accounts, in the name of the church.
The church does not belong to the the National Council of Evangelical Christians in France (CNEF).
Now, Bameko has been charged with misuse of corporate assets, breach of trust and laundering of tax fraud. His partner, accused of handling stolen goods, was given a one and a half year suspended prison sentence.
Content retrieved from: https://evangelicalfocus.com/cities/25175/france-pastor-convicted-for-swindling-over-2-million-euros.
