Court documents alleged Caldwell, using his position at Houston’s Windsor Village Church, and a financial advisor sold $3.5 million in worthless pre-revolutionary Chinese bonds to the elderly and other vulnerable investors.
This is why I put “blind” in bold. He was literally caught red handed defrauding the elderly. That is where the blindness of the congregation comes in. They choose to ignore the glaring breach of trust and allow him to retain his position of influence.
So are the remaining people not turning a blind eye to the public documentation of his deceit because they have “faith” that he is the best person to lead them?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
There’s only so much time in a day and so much “Do Your Own Research” anyone is going to have the background or the social connections to interrogate.
If anything, the folks who tell themselves “I would never fall for this” are the most popular targets for affinity scams.
SoupBrick@pawb.social 1 month ago
This is why I put “blind” in bold. He was literally caught red handed defrauding the elderly. That is where the blindness of the congregation comes in. They choose to ignore the glaring breach of trust and allow him to retain his position of influence.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You’re dealing with a survivorship bias. Anyone who saw the fraud and was disgusted by the minister’s actions has left already.
SoupBrick@pawb.social 1 month ago
So are the remaining people not turning a blind eye to the public documentation of his deceit because they have “faith” that he is the best person to lead them?
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
where do you even dig up pre-revolution chinese bonds wtf