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REPORTAR FRAUDE, DESPERDICIO O ABUSO
Date Published
Marzo 23, 2016
News Type
Artículo
Link to Original
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HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) A Hub City pastor has been indicted in federal court on charges for defrauding the U.S. government.

Rev. Kenneth Fairley was served with six-count indictment.

Count 1 - Conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Count 2 and 3 - Theft of government money.
Count 4 - Conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Count 5 and 6 - Engaging in monetary transactions.

Fairley, pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, appeared before Magistrate Judge Michael Parker Wednesday afternoon in the William M. Colmer Federal Courthouse in Hattiesburg where he was served his previously sealed federal indictment.

Fairley chose to have the reading of the indictment waived in open court.

Fairley was given to a $25,000 unsecured bond at the end of the hearing, and a date was set for April 18 in court.

According to the six-count indictment, Fairley and Artie Fletcher,

“Did knowingly and willfully conspire with each other and with others known and unknown to the Grand Jury to defraud the United States or commit offenses against the United States as follows: Embezzle, steal, purloin, or knowingly convert to their use or the use of another any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the United State or an agency thereof, in violation of Section 641, Title 18, United States Code.”..