Churches have to keep up with the times, eh?
"South Pacific Churches Targeted in Billion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam" |
Christianity Today (https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/may/churches-onecoin-cryptocurrency-scam-samoa-new-zealand-sisd.html)
QuoteTwo churches in the South Pacific are at the center of a fight between governments around the world and a beleaguered cryptocurrency called OneCoin, now accused of scamming its way to billions in revenue.
With its founders facing charges of fraud and money laundering, the crypto con went looking for a way into the tiny island nation of Samoa. It found one in Christian congregations where pastors could preach the wonders of a newfangled get-rich-quick plan.
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"The target of OneCoin is through the churches," the Central Bank of Samoa (CBS) said in a statement (https://www.cbs.gov.ws/index.php/media/latest-news/beware-onecoin-operations-/) last month. Though some church leaders claim they were victims, the bank concluded they knowingly engaged in fraud and that their accounts were used as part of a OneCoin money-laundering scheme involving more than $2 million (https://www.ccn.com/samoa-church-ministers-onecoin-scam).
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Con persons casting their nets wider and wider in search of easy wealth. >:(
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 12, 2019, 03:05:42 AM
Con persons casting their nets wider and wider in search of easy wealth. >:(
Nothing new there. Religions often collect and exploit the gullible and have always done so.
Quote from: Tank on May 12, 2019, 07:52:19 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on May 12, 2019, 03:05:42 AM
Con persons casting their nets wider and wider in search of easy wealth. >:(
Nothing new there. Religions often collect and exploit the gullible and have always done so.
:this:
Conning the gullible since before before the common era.
I've never understood the prosperity gospel -- wasn't Jesus specifically against gathering up treasures on earth?
Yeah, if Jesus actually existed and appeared today, he'd be scourging these people out of their temples.
Quote from: Sandra Craft on May 12, 2019, 05:33:55 PM
I've never understood the prosperity gospel -- wasn't Jesus specifically against gathering up treasures on earth?
Not this Jesus!
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