ASEAN HEADLINES: LOS ANGELES- ‘Son of God’ couldn’t stop FBI raid

December 31, 2020January 1, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEAN HEADLINES:

KINGDOM UNDER FIRE An FBI agent who took part in a raid on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Wednesday fixes a tarpaulin cover on its fence. Three leaders of the Christian sect founded by Apollo Quiboloy were arrested on an alleged immigration fraud scheme that resulted in sham marriages to keep its members in the United States. —AP /GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

FBI agents cover a fence on the grounds of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ Church in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The FBI raided a Philippines-based church in Los Angeles to arrest leaders of an alleged immigration fraud scheme that resulted in sham marriages. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that three leaders of the local branch of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ were arrested in morning raids. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

LOS ANGELES—Three administrators of the Philippine-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) Christian sect were arrested on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) for participating in an immigration fraud scheme that brought followers to the United States to raise funds for an alleged bogus charity.

PASTOR APOLLO QUIBOLOY / FEBRUARY 7, 2016
INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

Church members were tricked into becoming fundraisers “and then arranged sham marriages and other illegal mechanisms” to keep them in the country, according to a US Department of Justice press statement.

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