Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar

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Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Investment Scheme

by Chelsea Lenora White, Houston Forward Times


In a shocking turn of events that rocked many of his supporters and parishioners, former senior pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church, Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, was sentenced on January 13th to 72 months (6 years) in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, with no home confinement as an option.

In a statement released by the U.S. Department of Justice, Caldwell, 67, will also serve one additional year of supervised release. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. also ordered Caldwell to pay restitution in the amount of $3,588,500, as well as a fine of $125,000.

“The defendants in this case abused the trust that the victims had placed in them,” Acting United States Attorney Van Hook said in the release. “This defendant used his status as the pastor of a mega-church to help convince the many victim investors that they were making a legitimate investment but instead he took their hard-earned money from them and used it for his own personal gain. This office will continue to investigate and prosecute those who scheme and prey upon the elderly and others.”

Caldwell obtained a master’s degree from the Wharton School of Business and worked in the financial industry, in addition to serving as the senior pastor of the ministry that has done a lot to empower the community through economic and business development, as well as spiritual empowerment programs and initiatives.

Read more: https://forwardtimes.com/pastor-kirbyjon-caldwell-sentenced-to-6-years-in-federal-prison-for-role-in-multimillion-dollar-investment-scheme/

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1. Sounds like a Steve Bannon move.