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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pastor convicted in Ponzi scheme</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A California pastor and another man were convicted Friday in federal court of bilking more than 500 people out of more than $32 million in a fraudulent investment scheme.]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor faces up to 310 years in prison; Vatican poser arrested; Ponzi pastor prosecuted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles Shifflett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Henry Uliomereyon Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three religion-related fraud schemes that didn't have a prayer.]]></description>
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		<title>Televangelist gives back woman&#8217;s cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Popoff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21645/"><img src="/graphicspics/peterpopoff.jpg" alt="Peter Popoff" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> 'Televangelist' Peter Popoff's ministry has reimbursed a Nanaimo woman after she went public with concerns about the fundraising techniques used by the California-based church.  

Tip: Don't send him money in the first place.  Popoff was exposed years ago for his fraudulent 'ministry'.]]></description>
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		<title>School unaware of link to Scientologists</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21626/school-unaware-of-link-to-scientologists</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21626"><img src="/graphicspics/scientology.jpg" alt="religious insanity" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> Scientologists -- and Scientology front groups -- have an (understanable) tendency to hide their connections to the cult.<br /><br />But when they list charlatan and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as one of five famous human rights leaders they are quickly exposed.]]></description>
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		<title>Priest said to have made 3 million British Pounds from fake exorcisms</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21063/fraud</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During the events, which regularly attracted crowds of over 400 people, a number of associates would "pretend to be possessed by demons" and Fr Bazzoffi would allegedly exorcise them using ancient and obscure rites.]]></description>
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		<title>House of God can be house of the con, too</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20953/fleecing-the-flock</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Churches have become a prime breeding ground for multi-million dollar affinity frauds, in which con artists convince others to invest in scams.]]></description>
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		<title>Fraudster dubbed &#8216;Modern Moses&#8217; in GBP3m church swindle</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20836/lindani-mangena</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Seventh-day Adventism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lindani Mangena, 24, posed as a top City trader to con more than 1,000 Seventh Day Adventists.]]></description>
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		<title>Swindling pastor gets seven years, plus an earful</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20376/corey-pritchett</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Time and time again throughout Pritchett's November trial and Wednesday's four-hour sentencing hearing, victims said they trusted Pritchett because he was a pastor. Investigators said that by the time Pritchett was arrested in May, his congregation had dwindled to his immediate family.]]></description>
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		<title>Jury convicts ex-pastor for luring investors to illegal hedge fund</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20341/doug-scott</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20341/doug-scott#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A jury on Friday found former Colorado Springs pastor Doug Scott guilty of fraud for his role in recommending a hedge fund that left hundreds of investors, many of them churchgoers, with millions of dollars of losses.]]></description>
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		<title>Couple sentenced for far-fetched fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20039/brent-stacey-finley</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Brent Eric Finley -- who along with his wife scammed family, friends and neighbors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars with a far-fetched scheme of using the CIA and some of its technology to head off serious medical problems -- has been sentenced in federal court to four years and three months in prison. ]]></description>
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