New York’s “Bling Bishop,” Lamor Whitehead, the pastor known for his taste for luxury and for being robbed at gunpoint during a live-streamed sermon in July, was arrested Monday on charges of fraud, extortion and making false statements to the FBI.
Mr. Whitehead is accused of convincing an unnamed female parishioner to invest $90,000 of her retirement savings with him, then spending that money on luxury goods, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Mr. Whitehead also is accused of extorting a businessman for $5,000 before trying to convince him to lend him $500,000 and give him a financial stake in real estate transactions.