Brooklyn's 'Bling Bishop' Lamor Whitehead is convicted of multiple frauds ... trends now
The flashy Brooklyn bishop accused of defrauding a parishioner's mother out of her life savings and blowing the funds on designer clothes and flashy supercars has been convicted.
Jurors in Manhattan Federal Court found Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, guilty of five counts including wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to FBI agents about having a second cellphone on Monday.
The charges stemmed from three separate schemes and carry up to 45 years in prison.
Whitehead, infamously known as the 'Bling Bishop,' ran a church in Canarsie called Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries.
He was accused of conning Pauline Anderson, an elderly single mother, out of $90,000, promising that he would buy her a house. Instead, prosecutors said, he spent the money on luxury items.
Brooklyn bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, was found guilty of five counts including wire fraud, attempted extortion and lying to the FBI on Monday
The charges stem from three separate incidents and carry a sentence of up to 45 years
Whitehead became known as the 'Bling Bishop' as he donned designer clothes and drove a Rolls-Royce around the city
Last month, Whitehead appeared in court donning a $2,250 Fendi backpack.
Before his lengthy record of deceit came to light, the Rolls Royce-driving bishop was 'trusted by many in his community,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Greenwood said at the time.
'The defendant abused that trust by lying again and again,' she said.
'He lied about how much money he had. He lied about his business plans. And he lied about having influence with powerful people. All with the goal of getting money and property to fund his extravagant lifestyle.'
She accused Whitehead of convincing the elderly woman, a former nurse, that he would use her retirement savings to buy a fixer-upper home and renovate it for her to live in.
'And she believed the defendant - a man, who by that time, had
