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hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 12:35 PM Apr 2013

Beloved church member also stole from it.

"Leonard Meyers, the finance director of Harvest Fellowship Community Church, was known for driving flashy cars.

He often parked his maroon Corvette at the church, but he also had a Jaguar and two high-performance Mercedes SLS AMGs, each worth at least $200,000 and capable of speeds approaching 200 mph. He spoke of his big-screen TVs and the latest computers.

Congregants figured extra income from personal investments paid for the sweet life, but he was actually an embezzler, church leaders say.

He died this month at 59, apparently of natural causes, just weeks after they discovered he had stolen at least $491,000 since 2010, according to a San Antonio police report and a church lawyer. It might be closer to $750,000.

His victims might include friends, the Bexar County district attorney's office says.

Church members knew Meyers was a convicted felon, but didn't press for details — the congregation believes in second chances."





I'm all for second chances, too. But is it really prudent to put a convicted felon (1993, defrauding eight elderly people in New Jersey of nearly $300,000) in charge of finances?

One simply has to wonder sometimes....




Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Beloved-church-member-also-stole-from-it-4454917.php#ixzz2RIwituNu


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