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Sunday, November 06, 2011
Ind. Courts - "South Bend attorney to be sentenced in fraud case"
Megan Bastedo reported for WNDU News Friday evening via a brief story that began:
A South Bend attorney will be sentenced on Monday for his part in a scheme to defraud more than $2 million from religious groups seeking loans.In August, Thomas "Chip" Lewis pleaded guilty to 13 counts of aiding and abetting mail and wire fraud.
Lewis is accused of vouching for Byron "Father Barney" Canada, who is already serving time for charging advance fees to churches and religious groups for building projects that never happened.
The United States Attorney's Office said that all the while, Canada was posing as a priest affiliated with Notre Dame, and Lewis, even with prior knowledge of a previous fraud conviction, spoke for him.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 6, 2011 12:39 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts