Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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Pastor indicted in $3 million jewelry fraud scheme
New York--A pastor who hosted a religious cable television show has been indicted on charges that he defrauded would-be investors out of several million dollars via a phony jewelry business, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday.
Samuel Solanky, also known as "Samee Solanky," faces one count of wire fraud for allegedly engaging in a scheme that defrauded individuals of $3 million.
According to the seven-page federal indictment, the 62-year-old Solanky was a pastor who hosted the religious cable television show Vandana, which broadcast in the metropolitan New York City area and elsewhere. He also maintained the Vandana.org Web site and was employed by at least one church to assist in the broadcasting of religious services on cable television.
The Vandana Web site, which was still up as of Wednesday morning, describes the show as an "Asian Indian Christian TV Show" that broadcasts not only in New York City, but in Texas, Pakistan, India and the entire Asian continent.
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Posted by Tracey on 08/19/09 at 08:27 AM •
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