Pulpit to prison! ‘Bling Blishop’ Lamor Whitehead sentenced to nine years in prison for fraud, extortion and false statements

Lamor Whitehead, the Canarsie bishop known for his love of bling and holy deceit, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday, June 17 for schemes of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements to federal law agents.

Whitehead was handed the punishment after being convicted on all charges in a two-week trial which presented evidence of his schemes of stealing from his own parishioners, defrauding and extorting a businessman and committing loan fraud.