Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead Found Guilty Of Wire Fraud and Attempted Extortion

Bishop Lamor Whitehead found guilty of scamming parishioner's retirement savings, lying about connections to Mayor Eric Adams. Plans to appeal verdict.

The federal court ruling on Monday (March 11) revealed the outcome of the trial of preacher Lamor Miller-Whitehead in Manhattan. Whitehead was accused of embezzling $90,000 from a parishioner's retirement savings, promising to help her invest in real estate but instead using the money for personal expenses like clothing and jewelry.

Additionally, Whitehead allegedly tried to extort $500,000 from a businessman by leveraging his supposed friendship with Mayor Eric Adams and connections to other city officials for real estate opportunities. He also misled the FBI about owning a second cell phone.

Known for his lavish lifestyle with a Rolls Royce, a $1 million home in New Jersey, and apartment buildings in Connecticut, Whitehead's attorney, Dawn Florio, plans to appeal the verdict, arguing that the evidence presented was insufficient to prove his guilt. His sentencing is scheduled for July.

In a bizarre turn of events, Whitehead was robbed of $1 million during a live-streamed church service in July 2022. Claiming to have felt a "demonic force" before the robbery, he became a controversial figure and even made headlines in Uncle Murda's "Rap Up" at the end of 2022.

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