The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed reports linking New York-based pastor and lawyer, Eric Abakporo, to “despicable” fraud: the theft of the life savings of an elderly African-American woman through deceit and lies.

Eric Abakporo, a Deeper Life pastor and attorney, and a cohort, Latanya Pierce, were arrested for swindling the 78 year-old woman and stiffing a bank with a phony $1.8 million mortgage loan. Abakporo was arrested on Monday in Queens, NY, while Pierce surrendered voluntarily.

“Through lies and deception, these individuals abused the trust of an elderly woman in order to perpetrate a multimillion dollar fraud. Now that their despicable scheme has been exposed, they will face justice,” said New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Abakporo first came across the SaharaReporters radar screen in 2010 in another case involving contracts for renovations at the Nigerian Mission in New York City. The contracts, linked to Joy Ogwu, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, were inflated, according to a petition signed by whistleblowers calling themselves “The Patriots.” SaharaReporters reported on this a few months after New York Daily News was reporting on the fraud perpetrated against the elderly woman.

The SaharaReporters story prompted the ethically challenged lawyer to turn his fury on the citizen reporting website with a lawsuit raising libel, emotional distress and other charges for which he demanded $30 million. A U.S. District Court dismissed most of Mr. Abakporo’s claims in an April 2011 decision.

The story behind the current FBI charges began in March 2006 when Abakporo cultivated a relationship with the victim who owned a Harlem apartment building. He offered to help her collect rents but actually, he pocketed them.

The two alleged con artists then persuaded the woman to sell her property for $3.1 million, giving her multiple fake and fraudulent checks which they later took back, promising to give her a “private mortgage” in the property. After weaving a web of lies around their actions, the two swindlers brought their act to a local bank, claiming they owned the building “free and clear”. For this lie, they obtained a $1.8 million mortgage which they failed to repay.

Ultimately they obtained all of the elderly woman’s assets and $1.8 million by defrauding the bank.

Charges against the two include multiple bank and wire fraud which together carry a maximum prison term of 100 years behind bars.

Abakporo is currently cooling his heels in detention until payment of a $1 million bond secured by an interest in property and co-signed by three people and secured by two properties.
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/new-york-based-deeper-life-bible-church-pastor-and-nigerian-mission-lawyer-nabbed-fbi-mult

They suppose to castrate that fool and send him to boko haram as dinner

Poster, what do you stand to gain from sabotaging the name of a church like deeperlife?

I said that they are all scammers. It will take time before our people understand that Religion itself is a scam aimed at threatning people with fear while extorting money from them in the name of God.
It is good to Pray to whatever God you worship but do it in your own way.

Theben: Poster, what d☺ you stand t☺ gain in sabotaging the name of a church like deeperlife?

What do u stand to gain for the truth be said?

Na today ? Isnt that what all these thieving,419 pastors have turned christainity to ? From oyedepo,Adeboye,kumuyi,oyakilome,joshua,okotie,Ashimolowo,Oritsejafor ,Reverend King,All of them are bible-robbers,spirtual 419,money launderers, and murderers operating under christainity to defraud mugulized folks. Nonsense !

Touch not the anointed

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ZUBY77: I said that they are all scammers. It will take time before our people understand that Religion itself is a scam aimed at threatning people with fear while extorting money from them in the name of God.

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Be careful with your utterances son. . .

I always see most pastors as unemployed youth looking 4 money to make both end meet.

It is human beings that scam human beings. Whether he be pastor, doctor, lawyer, banker, scammer e no matter. Na today them don dey scam people ni?

Anybody can claim to be a christian and go to church, salvation is optional. Na where them write am for bible say na all Pastors God called to be pastors?

Some Na business them go do, some go there go serve God.

But enough of the religious talk, this has nothing to do with religion, the guy scam, make the law people do their work,
that 100 years too much, make them reduce to 99years of solitary confinement.

na life get that one, make we forget about the guy.

harakiri: Touch not the anointed

They accuse you of heresy and blasphemy so you wont challenge them while they steal your money from you wittingly and unwittingly. All of them na thief jare !

harakiri: Touch not the anointed

Tell that to the FBI

Theben: Poster, what do you stand to gain from sabotaging the name of a church like deeperlife?

NA BOREDOM DEY WORRY AM!
BUT ANYWAY RATS IN THE KINGDOM SHOULD BE DONE AWAY WITH!
JESUS IS LORD!

As usual,mugulized folks will always defend their puppetery pastors,why not tell FBI not to touch your so called annointed man of god who defrauded one of his congregation ?

choi! even deeeper life pastor ? one of the last churches i still had utmost respect for! nna men fear have catch me

No hidden place for bad people,that is the meaning of what is happening to the man

Shey d pastor be Ibo?
Em..i was jst asking ni o

~Bluetooth:

Na today ? Isnt that what all these thieving,419 pastors have turned christainity to ? From oyedepo,Adeboye,kumuyi,oyakilome,joshua,okotie,Ashimolowo,Oritsejafor ,Reverend King,All of them are bible-robbers,spirtual 419,money launderers, and murderers operating under christainity to defraud mugulized folks. Nonsense !

as i like u.. U wan come dey fucck up... Did any of d names u mentioned rob or defraud u or anyone close to u? U are a muslim i guess no time to argue with u... By their fruit u shall know them

Nairaland and sensational news, go to the sections and see reasonable topics begging for homepage appearance and most of them die a natural death. But one sensational topic will make front page appearance with just 5 comments.

If the guy is guilty, let him face his crime I don't care if he is a pastor or a native doctor otherwise he is an attorney so he should know how to defend himself.

Religion the opium of the people.....

gegee: choi! even deeeper life pastor ? one of the last churches i still had utmost respect for! nna men fear have catch me

In every 12 there is the likelihood of having a Judas. Deeper Life is still one of the most decent Churches you can find on earth. They maintain their doctrinal stance despite the corruption that has eaten up our society especially religion.

KINGwax: Shey d pastor be Ibo?
Em..i was jst asking ni o

Must U tribalise every issue "Eric Abakporo" does not in any way sound igbo.....

amosy007:

as i like u.. U wan come dey fucck up... Did any of d names u mentioned rob or defraud u or anyone close to u? U are a muslim i guess no time to argue with u... By their fruit u shall know them

I dont have problem with any religion but I have problem with clerics either IMAMS or PASTORS defrauding people under the pretext of religion.I'm just being harsh with the truth most time without looking at anybody's face.o ya no vex eje mi

Deeper Life as a church will not in any way have taught any of her members to steal or enagage in scam. There are always Judas amongst 12, whose still indulge in secret sins until they are exposed. Obakpalor is one and today he's being exposed if the allegation is true. Thank God for Deut.32:23. If you believe in Christ Jesus, please keep the faith. I'm not a member of Deeper Life but if you respect the church please do not give up as the church still preaches righteousness and faith. Behold He (Jesus) comes to reward every man according to his works Rev.22:12. Let him that has an ear, hear.

All in the name of religion.
If you betray your position and the trust people have of you, you should pay the penalty.
Maybe he will become a better christian in prison like all the other rogues.

aliyumobi: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed reports linking New York-based pastor and lawyer, Eric Abakporo, to “despicable” fraud: the theft of the life savings of an elderly African-American woman through deceit and lies.

Eric Abakporo, a Deeper Life pastor and attorney, and a cohort, Latanya Pierce, were arrested for swindling the 78 year-old woman and stiffing a bank with a phony $1.8 million mortgage loan. Abakporo was arrested on Monday in Queens, NY, while Pierce surrendered voluntarily.

“Through lies and deception, these individuals abused the trust of an elderly woman in order to perpetrate a multimillion dollar fraud. Now that their despicable scheme has been exposed, they will face justice,” said New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Abakporo first came across the SaharaReporters radar screen in 2010 in another case involving contracts for renovations at the Nigerian Mission in New York City. The contracts, linked to Joy Ogwu, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, were inflated, according to a petition signed by whistleblowers calling themselves “The Patriots.” SaharaReporters reported on this a few months after New York Daily News was reporting on the fraud perpetrated against the elderly woman.

The SaharaReporters story prompted the ethically challenged lawyer to turn his fury on the citizen reporting website with a lawsuit raising libel, emotional distress and other charges for which he demanded $30 million. A U.S. District Court dismissed most of Mr. Abakporo’s claims in an April 2011 decision.

The story behind the current FBI charges began in March 2006 when Abakporo cultivated a relationship with the victim who owned a Harlem apartment building. He offered to help her collect rents but actually, he pocketed them.

The two alleged con artists then persuaded the woman to sell her property for $3.1 million, giving her multiple fake and fraudulent checks which they later took back, promising to give her a “private mortgage” in the property. After weaving a web of lies around their actions, the two swindlers brought their act to a local bank, claiming they owned the building “free and clear”. For this lie, they obtained a $1.8 million mortgage which they failed to repay.

Ultimately they obtained all of the elderly woman’s assets and $1.8 million by defrauding the bank.

Charges against the two include multiple bank and wire fraud which together carry a maximum prison term of 100 years behind bars.

Abakporo is currently cooling his heels in detention until payment of a $1 million bond secured by an interest in property and co-signed by three people and secured by two properties.
http://saharareporters.com/news-page/new-york-based-deeper-life-bible-church-pastor-and-nigerian-mission-lawyer-nabbed-fbi-mult

wonders shall never end!! Deeper life??

Theben: Poster, what do you stand to gain from sabotaging the name of a church like deeperlife?

i dont see how the post sabotaged the church.u just seem too sentimental.the alleged criminal is a deeperlife pastor so it is him that maligned the name of the church and not the poster

Theben: Poster, what do you stand to gain from sabotaging the name of a church like deeperlife?

Keep your mouth shut! ...Should you be angry at the poster or your fraudulent deeperlife pastor? If we christians wld start exposing evil doers amongst us instead of tryn to protect church name, things wld be a little better. There cld even be hope for Nigeria.

Ournaija:

In every 12 there is the likelihood of having a Judas. Deeper Life is still one of the most decent Churches you can find on earth. They maintain their doctrinal stance despite the corruption that has eaten up our society especially religion.

No doubt, the post with is choose of heading and the inclusion of the post on the FrontPage is are target at Deeper Life church. Why should the name Deeper Life Pastor comes first? I may not be a full member of the church, but Deeper life is the best church where I have been to where righteousness is being preached and members are taught to practice it. So, if the pastor is found to have committed the crime, let him have the penalty for his misbehavior.

~Bluetooth:

Na today ? Isnt that what all these thieving,419 pastors have turned christainity to ? From oyedepo,Adeboye,kumuyi,oyakilome,joshua,okotie,Ashimolowo,Oritsejafor ,Reverend King,All of them are bible-robbers,spirtual 419,money launderers, and murderers operating under christainity to defraud mugulized folks. Nonsense !

God save ur soul cos u seem to be loooost. I pity u.

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Be careful with your utterances son. . .

Sharrap....Is that not the truth?