Here is a column in the Branson paper about the latest real estate investment opportunity offered to the simple-minded by man of the cloth and former convict Jim Bakker. I think Branson is the perfect place to run this scam. If Wayne Newton and Andy Williams can resurrect careers there why not Bakker?
The article says that Bakker did 5 years of a 45 year sentence in federal prison after running a surprisingly similar scam back in the old PTL days. I remember that he caught 45 years from the judge. But if he only did 5 that means he was sentenced prior to the sentencing guidelines in which parole was eliminated or the sentence was cut down on appeal. It matters not. If he were still busting rocks somewhere he wouldn't be free to be run his "ministry" a second time.
Oh well. You can't protect everybody. Hit the link:
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070521/COLUMNISTS17/705210358
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