Ifeanyichukwu Eric Abakporo, a former Brooklyn-based civil attorney and Pastor with Deeper Life Bible Church, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by a federal court in New York for defrauding banks, mortgage lenders, property owners, and property buyers.
The U.S. District Court Judge, Shira A. Scheindlin, gave this verdict on Wednesday.
It was gathered that in addition to the six-year mandatory sentence, the ‘Apostle of the Most High’ might be deported back to Nigeria after serving his sentence.
However, his co-defendant, Latanya Pierce, received a lesser, 30-month sentence.
In her closing statement, Pierce said she felt like the “biggest fool in the world”.
The duo was convicted in a wide-ranging series of illegal transactions in New York City over a nine-year stretch, dating back to 2003.
His wife and two children could not help with tears as he was led away in handcuff out of the courtroom.
