NEW JERSEY
NJ.com
By Katie Lannan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
on December 04, 2014
RAHWAY — The former accountant for the Agape Family Worship Center has been indicted for embezzling more than $4 million from the church over a period of seven years, church officials said today.
Donald Gridiron, Jr., a certified public accountant licensed in California, was arrested in Los Angeles Tuesday, according to a statement from the church.
The thefts were hidden in 900 separate transactions in which Gridiron would write checks to himself or arrange wire transfers, said Matthew Davis, a Texas-based attorney representing the church.
“Professionally, our former CPA violated the trust of the ministry,” said Lawrence Powell, Agape’s senior pastor. “And personally, I feel betrayed because this man used to be my friend. It hurts, but we serve a God who will get us through this.”
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