After a three-day trial in federal court, a Missouri minister was found guilty on 20 counts related to pandemic loan fraud. Kenneth Sparks, aka Apostle KC Sparks, was indicted in July of 2024 on 33 counts of wire fraud, identity theft, and other crimes alleging he duped parishioners in a small rural Missouri town to […]
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