Dale Sanders. Photo: Dale J. Sanders Ministries/Facebook
A United States pastor, Dale Sanders, has been convicted of stealing more than $340,000 from two churches in Louisiana to fund gambling and other personal expenses.
A jury found the 56-year-old guilty on 25 counts of wire fraud, access device fraud and obstruction of a federal investigation following a five-day trial before US District Judge Brandon S. Long.
The conviction was announced by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana in a statement obtained by PUNCH Online on Thursday from the website of the US Department of Justice.
According to prosecutors, Sanders “defrauded Church A and Church B in order to obtain money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises.”
