Florida Preacher Uses Radio Show To Commit Real Estate Fraud
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Rodney McGill, pastor of New Hope Outreach Center and radio show host, is a piece of work. While keeping a veneer of success around him, he was using his radio show to solicit investors that he ripped off in a real estate fraud and get rich quick scheme.
I try not to be too judgmental in life but I have a big problem with this type of scam. A religious figure that uses his position to steal from people is near the bottom of the barrel in my opinion. That he used his radio show to perpetrate the crimes showed that he had absolute disdain for the law.
And what is even more baffling is that he was able to commit the crimes he is accused of even after the housing market was tanking in Florida.
The McGills were arrested Tuesday on charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, grand theft and obtaining a mortgage by false representation, the Florida Department of Financial Services said.
The McGills bought four homes in Martin and St. Lucie counties by submitting fraudulent loan applications, then flipped the properties to clients for outsized profits, investigators said. The couple used bogus loan applications to borrow more than the properties were worth, leaving clients with $1.1 million in mortgages, state officials said.
McGill solicited clients through a daily radio program on WJFP-FM 91.1. He told listeners he wanted to teach them to buy and sell real estate with no out-of-pocket expense and a goal of earning $50,000 in 90 days.
The radio pitch yielded three investors, Patricia Kelly, Sharon Schofield and Cynthia McNair, said Detective Ted Padich of the Florida Department of Financial Services. via the Palm Beach Post
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