A former bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme using church ...

Former bishop Staccato Powell, who headed several AME Zion churches in the western U.S., will be sentenced in September for a scheme to leverage millions in loans at the expense of his congregations.

The bishop took out loans on African Methodist Episcopal Zion churches in San Jose, Oakland, Palo Alto, prosecutors said.

A former bishop with an African-American Christian denomination pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy charges related to a widespread scheme to seize control of church ...

In the case of the Palo Alto church at 3549 Middlefield Road, Powell in 2017 told the pastor that the location would be used as collateral to help the Sacramento location pay off some debts. Powell ...

A former bishop with an African-American Christian denomination pleaded guilty Tuesday to wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy charges related to a widespread scheme to seize control of church ...

(RNS) — Staccato Powell touted himself as an innovator who would bring a “new paradigm” after his 2016 election as an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church bishop, assigned to oversee the ...

Staccato Powell grew up in a working-class, “God fearing” family in Hallsboro, North Carolina, the fifth son of a housekeeper and a civil service worker, according to a profile in the ...

Staccato Powell, 62, of Wake Forest, N.C., and Sheila Quintana, 67, of Vallejo each face two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, ...

OAKLAND – Staccato Powell and Sheila Quintana were arrested and appeared in federal court today to face conspiracy, wire fraud, and mail fraud charges stemming from an alleged fraudulent scheme ...

AME Zion Bishop Staccato Powell found guilty, disrobed by Special Report July 29, 2021 January 25, 2022. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook; ...

Staccato Powell, who presided over churches in several Western states, was removed in a vote Thursday by the denomination’s General Conference, being held in Atlanta, upholding a previous ...