Orlando-based group accused of stealing $740,000 from churches
Updated: 7:05 PM PDT May 27, 2021
Orlando-based group accused of stealing $740,000 from churches
Updated: 7:05 PM PDT May 27, 2021
THE COMPANY PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FIRE FIGHTING AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS. JIM: NEW TONIGHT, 4 MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, 2 MORE ARE ON THE RUN, AFTER STEALING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM CHURCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THE SUSPECTS OPERATED OUT OF ORLANDO, BUT TRAVELED THROUGHOUT FLORIDA, AND THE REST OF UNITED STATES, SOMETIMES HITTING UP TO 85 CHURCHES A DAY INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY STOLE MORE THAN $740,000 FROM DONATION BOXES. TWO SUSPECTS ARE STILL AT LARGE. FDLE ALSO SAYS MORE ARRESTS COULD BE COMING IN THIS CASE.
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Orlando-based group accused of stealing $740,000 from churches
Updated: 7:05 PM PDT May 27, 2021
Investigators in Florida say a group of Romanian nationals stole $740,000 from hundreds of churches in the United States. Authorities with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested four people Wednesday and are searching for two others. They say the group was based in Orlando, but traveled around Florida and other states stealing donation checks from church mailboxes. Authorities dubbed the investigation "Operation Thou Shalt Not Steal."Investigators say at least 636 churches were victims, including 355 in Florida. Investigators said the group used the money to buy cars, food and clothes and made high-value wire transfers to Romania.
Investigators in Florida say a group of Romanian nationals stole $740,000 from hundreds of churches in the United States.
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Authorities with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested four people Wednesday and are searching for two others.
They say the group was based in Orlando, but traveled around Florida and other states stealing donation checks from church mailboxes.
Authorities dubbed the investigation "Operation Thou Shalt Not Steal."
Investigators say at least 636 churches were victims, including 355 in Florida.
Investigators said the group used the money to buy cars, food and clothes and made high-value wire transfers to Romania.
