Bishop Eddie Long's Church may have Scammed Church Members

Eddie, Eddie, Eddie. His church is in the news because of some funny business. Apparently, there's a mortgage scam going on, see here...

The Secret Serviceand DeKalb County police are now looking into allegations that Bishop Eddie Church was used as a recruiting ground for a mortgage scam. Complaints filed report that Fred Lee and GaryHawkins( Matrix Capital) prayed on desperate members of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church who face foreclosure. As part of the scam church members gave the two $1500 in exchange for the help in resolving pending foreclosures.

According to one of the mortgage scam victims no one ever contacted her bank from Matrix Capital and her property remains in foreclosure. Victims as far away as New Orleans are now coming forward with claims that Matrix Capital has swindled them out of their money.

The Preacher Bureau of Investigations (PBI) contacted the Home office of Matrix Capital Group and spoke with Ashly Griffin who says that they have not affiliation with Fred Lee or Gary Hawkins.
Members at New Birth Church paid the $1,500 fee but discovered that the homes were still in foreclosure because Matrix Capital never even made a single call to her bank.

Gary Hawkins serves in a leadership position in New Birth Church and used his position as a point of recruitment for Matrix Capital. When asked by a CBS reporter if he was licensed to in the State of Georgia to negotiate mortgage contracts, Hawkins replied that he wasn’t.

Well, when you think about it... Of course there's a scam. Those church members are used to a scam. Eddie is scam and that church is scam. Haven't they figure that out yet?


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