Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Guilty Plea By Pastor In Louisville
KENTUCKY...
A 72-year-old Louisville pastor has pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal government of more than a million dollars intended to be spent turning an abandoned school into senior housing. Prosecutors say the Rev. Henry M. Humphrey was charged with conspiracy to defraud the government, soliciting kickbacks of federal funds, submitting a false writing to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, wire fraud and conspiracy to launder the source of the funds. He was charged in an information filed by prosecutors and pleaded guilty Monday. Humphrey has been minister of Shiloh Baptist Church for 32 years. His lawyer, Scott C. Cox, said he will ask for probation and that Humphrey is in poor health. The project involved a plan to renovate the Maupin Building in western Louisville.
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