Woman recovers home swindled by phony bishop

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(06-06) 22:14 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --

An 89-year-old woman whose home was swindled by a self-ordained bishop will be able to get her property back under a ruling issued by a Los Angeles County judge.

The district attorney's office says Pomona Superior Court Judge Steven Blades on Monday granted a motion by prosecutors to declare two grant deeds for the home "null and void."

Prosecutors say Leroy Dowd, head of the now-defunct Triumph Church of God in Los Angeles, tricked the woman into signing over a grant deed in 2006 under a ruse to secure Medicare and Social Security benefits. Dowd then sold the home, which was paid in full, to a straw buyer who borrowed $800,000 on the property.

Dowd was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to grand theft last year.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/06/06/state/n221415D66.DTL

[dipsydoodle]

1. Don't some people do

the most disgusting things at times. :(