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Saturday January 17, 2009
Nakami Chi Group Ministries International:
Edward Purvis, the man who promised churchgoing investors in Arizona and 12 other states he could make them wealthy while funding Christian causes, was indicted Friday on 43 counts of fraud and theft.
Authorities accuse the 40-year-old Chandler man of operating a multimillion Ponzi-scheme through Nakami Chi Group Ministries International.
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Saturday December 20, 2008
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The Arizona Corporation Commission has voted to sanction a Chandler couple and another city resident for their alleged involvement in a bogus church-based scheme that cost investors millions of dollars.
Edward and Maureen Purvis, Gregg Wolfe and their Scottsdale-based company — Nakami Chi Group Ministries International — were ordered to pay $11 million in restitution Wednesday and an additional $250,000 in administrative penalties.
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Saturday December 6, 2008
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The ruling crowns a three-year investigation by the Corporation Commission into Valley-based Nakami, which investigators say targeted churchgoers as part of a Ponzi scheme, including at least one pastor, church elders and members of Chandler Christian Church and Vineyard Church in Avondale.
None of the principals could be reached for comment Friday. Purvis has denied any wrongdoing.
Wolfe last year agreed to turn state’s evidence and admitted to investigators that he and Purvis for years funneled millions of dollars in investors’ money into offshore accounts as part of the scheme.
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Sunday December 16, 2007
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One of the owners of a Christian non-profit company accused of defrauding churchgoers in Arizona and 12 other states has admitted funneling millions in investors’ money into offshore accounts as part of a pyramid scheme.
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Saturday September 22, 2007
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You won’t find these Arizona religious groups in any neighborhood directory of churches. They don’t have temples. They don’t hold services. Instead, state and federal authorities say they are individually owned corporations, called corporations sole, that were set up to dodge income taxes. Promoters of the schemes rake in large fees and, in one case, used them as part of a pyramid scheme, authorities say.
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Saturday June 30, 2007
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A former Chandler police officer accused of aiding suspects in a state fraud case has agreed to testify against them
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Thursday May 3, 2007
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Ed Purvis, co-owner of Nakami Chi Group Ministries International, faces 20 years in prison if convicted on four counts of harassing public officials with bogus property liens and other filings and bribing the Chandler officer.
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Thursday December 14, 2006
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A Chandler officer indicted in a public corruption case resigned Thursday before police could question him, and as state prosecutors released documents detailing how they linked him to the case.
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The grand jury alleges Forward, a seven-year employee with the department, misused police computers and his position to illegally search records from January 2005 until last month for two Chandler men, Edward Purvis and Gregg Wolfe. The men were principals of a Scottsdale nonprofit now under investigation by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the FBI.
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Friday December 8, 2006
Nakami Chi Group Ministries International:
A pair of 2-carat diamond earrings. A gold ring. A down payment on a house. These are just some of the items purchased with funds from a non-profit company that told investors in Arizona and 12 other states that their money would be used to fund Christian charities.
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Thursday October 5, 2006
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State regulators took action Wednesday to shut down a non-profit company that has been promising to fund Christian charities and pay investors 24 percent annual returns.
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Wednesday October 4, 2006
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State securities regulators are giving owners of a non-profit company 10 days to explain why they should not be shut down, fined and ordered to pay restitution for an investment strategy targeting church members.
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Sunday September 10, 2006
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Churchgoers in as many as 10 states are investing in a company that some were told is worth $170 billion with assets around the world. Yet its business address is a Scottsdale post office box and state and federal officials are investigating its owners.
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Most Read about Nakami Chi Group Ministries International
- Indictment handed down against ministry owner in case of bribing Chandler cop
- IRS combats fake-church tax scams
- Man admits his guilt in church-fraud case
- Fraudsters who targeted churchgoers sanctioned; ordered to pay $11 million in restitution
- Christian fund, Nakami Chi Group Ministries International, accused of fraud
- Operator of Christian non-profit indicted in fraud
- FBI, state investigating church group's dealings
- State: Christian fund paid for excess
- Chandler police investigate officer’s reputed illegal searches
- Church fund given 10 days to explain itself
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