Another scumbag protestant preacher....who is just a crook.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012092...UC001.html
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012092...UC001.html
Quote:But Keyes, a one-time construction worker, did more than help the needy with the millions donated - he helped himself.
According to financial records, internal correspondence and interviews with former employees conducted by The Associated Press, Keyes blurred the lines between his charities, his ministry and his personal finances while promoting himself as an international humanitarian:
- Keyes diverted large sums donated for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina into his cash-starved church, then used charity and church money to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal credit card bills and other debts, documents show.
- He failed for years to file required federal and state reports showing how much money his charities received and spent.
- He used large church donations from a wealthy supporter to pay his sons' private college tuition.
- The minister used a big donation meant for one of his charities to clear a mortgage on his family's house, according to an accountant who told Keyes he was quitting, in part because of the transaction.
- And, when his congregation sold its 19th-century church in midtown Manhattan for $31 million, he and his friends benefited.