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Bishop
Lamor
Whitehead
They
say
God
don’t
like
ugly,
and
it
looks
like
Bishop
Lamor
Whitehead
will
have
to
pay
for
his
sins.
Bishop
Lamor
Whitehead,
aka
the
“Bling
Bishop,”
is
looking
at
some
serious
jail
time
after
he
was
found
guilty
of
wire
fraud,
attempted
extortion,
and
lying
to
the
FBI
in
Manhattan
Federal
Court.
After
just
a
few
hours
of
deliberation,
the
jury
convicted
“Bling
Bishop”
Lamor
Whitehead,
46,
of
five
counts,
agreeing
that
he
had
used
his
position
of
power
and
influence
to
swindle
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
from
people
who
trusted
him.
Whitehead
could
face
up
to
45
years
in
prison.
A
Breakdown
of
Bishop
Lamor
Whitehead’s
Scammy
Ways
Prosecutors
convinced
a
jury
that
Whitehead
deceived
one
of
the
members
of
his
flock’s
mother
to
give
him
$90,000
out
of
her
retirement
savings,
promising
to
buy
her
a
house
and
remodel
it
so
she
could
move
in,
the
website
reports.
According
to
court
documents,
the
Canal
Street
shopping
pastor
never
bought
the
house
and
used
the
money
to
fund
his
lavish
lifestyle.
Prosecutors
also
made
the
case
that
Whitehead
swindled
a
Bronx
businessman
into
giving
him
$5,000
and
then
an
additional
$500,000,
claiming
he
could
get
him
favors
from
Mayor
Mixxy,
aka
Mayor
Eric
Adams.
The
current
New
York
Mayor
does
not
deny
dealing
with
Whitehead,
but
there
is
no
proof
that
he
had
anything
to
do
with
any
of
the
Bling
Bishop’s
scams.
Besides,
Adam
has
his
own
issues
to
worry
about,
with
several
of
his
aides
having
their
homes
raided
by
the
Feds.
Court
documents
also
say
Whitehead
lied
to
lenders
about
his
net
worth
to
secure
a
personal
loan
and
lied
to
the
FBI,
claiming
he
had
only
one
phone
when,
according
to
prosecutors,
he
had
two.
Following
the
verdict,
Whitehead’s
attorney,
Dawn
Florio,
had
nothing
to
say
when
pressed
for
comment.
Of
course,
Whitehead
did,
taking
to
Instagram
to
drop
a
video
from
his
luxury
vehicle,
writing
in
the
caption
for
the
post,
“This
Wasn’t
About
Me….
I
was
not
going
to
be
an
informant
for
the
FBI
against
NYC
Mayor
Eric
Adams.
We
Will
Be
Appealing
This
Verdit”
We
will
continue
to
monitor
this
situation.
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