North Carolina Pastor Pleads Guilty to $400k COVID Loan Fraud

Pastor at Raleigh's Word of God church pleads guilty to $400,000 worth of fraudulent COVID-19 loans

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Raleigh pastor has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection to $400,000 worth of COVID-19 loans. According to the office of Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Daniel P. Bubar, 45-year-old Mitchell Summerfield "conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans and Economic Injury Disaster loans" for several organizations betw…

North Carolina pastor pleads guilty to $400k COVID loan fraud

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Raleigh pastor has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge in connection with $400,000 worth of COVID-19 loans. According to the office of Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Daniel P. Bubar, 45-year-old Mitchell Summerfield "conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans and Economic Injury Disaster loans" for several organizations be…

Raleigh pastor pleads guilty to Covid-19 loan fraud charges, facing up to 30 years in prison

Raleigh pastor Mitchell Summerfield pleaded guilty on Tuesday to fraudulently obtaining more than $400,000 in COVID-19 Loans.

North Carolina pastor pleads guilty to COVID loan fraud. How much time he faces

RALEIGH, N.C. — A Raleigh pastor could spend decades in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to obtaining fraudulent COVID-19 loans.

North Carolina pastor pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud

A North Carolina pastor has pleaded guilty in a scheme to obtain more than $400,000 in fraudulent COVID-19 relief loans, federal prosecutors announced. Mitchell Summerfield, 45, of Raleigh, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He now faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a $1 million fine, and up to five years of sup…

Pastor plea: Word of God leader got $400K in COVID relief loans for personal use

Mitchell Summerfield was a pastor of the Word of God Fellowship Church in Raleigh and also owned several ventures, including Winning Ways, KHS Investments and Vision and Destiny.