Showing posts with label Fraud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fraud. Show all posts
Friday, November 07, 2025

Suit Seeking Damages for False Prediction of the Rapture Is Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Law

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 In March 2025, a New York resident filed suit in a Connecticut state trial court against a Christian YouTube channel and the preacher who ...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Court Refuses to Dismiss Case on Misappropriation of Tithed Funds Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Leach v. Gateway Church ,  (ED TX, Sep. 17, 2025), a Texas federal district court refused to dismiss a class action suit on behalf of Ga...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Leaders of Purported Church Indicted for Violating Forced Labor Ban

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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that a federal grand jury in Michigan has handed down a 10-count, 21-page, indictment ( full ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

10th Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Fraud Claims Against LDS Church

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In Gaddy v. The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , (10th Cir., Aug. 26, 2025), the U.S. 10th ...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Challenge to Church's Switch in Denominations Fails

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In Wimber v. Scott , (CA App., July 30, 2025), a California state appellate court held that plaintiffs who were tithing congregants of a Pro...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Voting Fraud Alleged in World Zionist Congress Elections

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The World Zionist Congress elections continue until May 4. The Congress, with representatives from Jewish communities around the world, all...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

9th Circuit En Banc Affirms Dismissal of James Huntsman's Fraud Claims Against LDS Church

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In Huntsman v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 31, 2025), the U.S. 9th Ci...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

9th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Bars Claim by Mashgiach for Wages and Promotion

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In Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations ,  (9th Cir., Dec. 30, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the minist...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Suit Over Deceptively Promoted School Religious Program Moves Ahead

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In Roe v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board ,  (MD LA, Oct. 8, 2024), a Louisiana federal district court refused to dismiss many claims b...
Sunday, October 06, 2024

Pregnancy Centers Sue California AG To Stop Enforcement of Business Fraud Statutes Against Them

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by a California anti-abortion pregnancy center and a Christian organization ...
Friday, September 27, 2024

9th Circuit En Banc Hears Fraud Claim Against LDS Church

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit sitting en banc  heard oral arguments in Huntsman v. Corporation of the President ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Fraud Suit Against LDS Church

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Yesterday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in  Gaddy v. Corporation of the President...
Friday, August 09, 2024

Organizations Promoting Abortion Pill Reversal Sue New York Attorney General

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Three anti-abortion organizations that promote abortion-pill reversal this week filed suit in a New York federal district court against New ...
Friday, May 24, 2024

Louisiana Legislature Bans Fraudulently Giving Women Abortion Pills; Reclassifies Abortion Pills as Dangerous Drugs

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The Louisiana legislature yesterday gave final passage to Senate Bill 276 ( full text ). The bill creates the crime of "coerced crimin...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Fraud and Negligence Claims Move Ahead Against Church Over Mistreatment of Members

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In Ramirez v. World Mission Society, Church of God ,  (D NJ, April 1, 2024), plaintiff brought suit in a New Jersey federal district court a...
Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Suit For Misappropriating Church Funds Not Precluded by Church Autonomy Doctrine

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In Buck v. Peace Apostolic Church, Inc. , (CA Super. Ct., March 8, 2024), a California trial court rejected the contention that the church a...
Thursday, March 07, 2024

9th Circuit Grants En Banc Rehearing in Huntsman's Suit Against LDS Church

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In an Order ( full text ) issued March 1, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to grant en banc  review in Huntsman v. Corporation of...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Florida Official Rules That Changing Gender Marker On Driver's License Constitutes Fraud

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In a January 26 Memorandum ( full text ), the Executive Director of the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Department has rescinded t...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

British Appeals Court Upholds Preacher's Fraud Conviction For Selling COVID Preventative

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In Wiseman v. Rex ,  (EWCA, Nov. 20, 2023), Britain's Court of Appeal upheld the fraud conviction of the head of the Kingdom Church for ...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Pastor's Breach of Contract Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Craver v. Faith Lutheran Church ,  (TX App., Nov. 8, 2023), a Texas state appeals court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine ...