On Monday, Brooklyn pastor Lamor Whitehead was convicted of fraud, attempted extortion, and lying to the FBI for swindling an elderly woman and using his mayoral connections to extort a Bronx business owner.
“The defendant abused that trust by lying again and again. He lied about how much money he had. He lied about his business plans. And he lied about having influence with powerful people. All with the goal of getting money and property to fund his extravagant lifestyle,” said prosecutor Jessica Greenwood last month.
She said, he “used lies and threats to get money from his victims, and when lies caught up to him, he lied to the FBI.”
Additionally, Whitehead, the pastor of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries in Canarsie, faced a false statement charge for lying to FBI agents about his phone ownership during a fraud investigation.
His lawyer intends to appeal the verdict, and his sentencing, carrying a potential maximum of 45 years in prison, is scheduled for July.
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