OT Joel Osteen is questioned after plumber finds 'bags and bags' of cash and checks

[SlyPokerDog]

Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen is questioned after plumber finds 'bags and bags' of cash and checks stashed in 500 envelopes in bathroom wall - seven years after $600,000 in donations were stolen from the church

• Joel Osteen was questioned by police after 'bags and bags' of cash and checks were found in a bathroom wall by a plumber working at Lakewood Church
• A plumber named Justin, who was called to the church on November 10, removed some insulation and found about 500 envelopes of money
• He was held at the church for seven hours as Houston police began investigating the situation
• The discovery comes seven years after $600,000 worth of donations were stolen from the church, which is the biggest in the country

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...finds-bags-bags-cash-checks-stashed-wall.html

 

[crandc]

Damn. I had to call a plumber day after Thanksgiving when tub wouldn't drain and all he found was hair clogging the drain.

 

[Chris Craig]

Osteen is as crooked as the letter J

 

[Chris Craig]

A man of God is a crook? You don't say!

 

[Lanny]

A man of God is a crook? You don't say!

Correction - A man of supposed God.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Houston police say cash and checks found by plumber in wall of Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church ARE connected to 2014 heist when $600,000 went missing

• The Houston PD posted a statement regarding the investigation, launched after a plumber who worked at the church called into a Houston radio show Thursday
• The revelation comes seven years after about $600,000 in donations was stolen and hasn't been recovered
• Police said they were called to the church for a report of property discovered in the building on November 10 at about 2:30pm
• They claimed church members told them the money was found inside a wall during a renovation project
• They confirmed that the money is connected to the 2014 heist and said the investigation is ongoing

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...Joel-Osteens-Church-connected-2014-heist.html

 

[riverman]

Plumbers have found a lot of cash and checks in my pipes too....they just come out of my checkbook or bank....first stimulus check for 1200 I had a pipe fixed...the bill...1142

 

[Buffalo Custard]

That's actually kinda smart. If you have to go on the run, better to have a stash of cash so you can avoid ATMs.

 

[Buffalo Custard]

Correction - A man of supposed God.

You know, usually adults can't talk to invisible friends without getting medicated.

 

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