Orange County Register: Internal TBN Accounting Review Cites Financial Problems

The Orange County Register, CA, continues to expose the TBN pervasive
violations of fiduciary and financial duties.




Extravagant
spending a pervasive issue for Trinity, internal review says


http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/05/15/extravagant-spending-a-pervasive-issue-for-trinity-internal-review-says/154873/



May 15, 2012


Extravagant meal, hotel and limousine costs — along with

Update: Internal TBN Memo Forewarns of IRS Violations/Consequences

An internal memo,
internal to TBN operatives, warn that TBN practices violates the IRS Code. 


Confidential
memo: ‘TBN practices … violate the IRS Code’


http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/05/15/confidential-memo-tbn-practices-and-procedures-violate-the-irs-code/154792/#more-154792


May 15, 2012


Insiders have apparently been ringing warning bells over how the nonprofit Trinity

Bloomberg Business: Lawsuits (and Media) Bring Scrutinty to TBN

        We missed this story carried by a credible outlet, Bloomberg
Business.  Notably, NY Times, LA Times
and Orange County Register have been covering the story.  Here’s the Bloomberg story on TBN, fraud
coverage and lawsuits at: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-03/D9TLNK001.htm





Lawsuits
bring scrutiny to Trinity Broadcasting

By GILLIAN FLACCUS

COSTA MESA,
Calif.


Televangelists

Update: 1 of 2 Law Suits Against TBN Dropped

          An interesting development
with the TBN lawsuits.  One of the two suits has been dropped, not dismissed.   There is a difference, but we doubt Charisma’s journalists have legal
backgrounds.  Why this happened is not clear yet; this suit is less clear than the main one filed by Paul Crouch's Grand-daughter, Brittany Koper.

          Colby May, TBN’s attorney,
continues the same

LA Times: TBN Lawsuit & Financial Fraud

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/23/local/la-me-0323-televangelist-feud-20120323


Former Trinity Broadcasting Network employee Brittany Koper, second from left, was terminated from the network in September. Shown with her are Janice Crouch, left, Michael Koper and Paul Crouch Sr., who founded the ministry. (Associated Press )


Suit alleges financial fraud at TBN ministry


A legal

Youtube Roundup on TBN Lawsuit

Youtube Roundup on
TBN Lawsuits

1.  Paul Crouch, Jr., talks about the inexcusable
$$-lusts, TBN, the anticipated attacks and the personal hurt watching his father, Paul Crouch, Sr., face criticisms over money-mania.  NY Times carried a
recent story entitled “TBN Family Feud Heats Up as Network Fires Back Against Fraud.”  The lawsuit and family feud reveal long known, lavish, and excessive

TBN Lawsuit & Legal "Ethical" Violations?

http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/04/09/trinity-scandal-christian-sympathy-and-ethical-oblivion/152079/

‘Christian
sympathy’ and ethical violations in Trinity fight?

April 9th, 2012, 12:00 am by Teri Sforza, Register staff
writer

We’ve been talking about how
attorney Doug Davert, former Tustin mayor,
has been
accused of professional misconduct by the granddaughter of the Trinity

TBN: The Fall and the Snakes in Paradise

http://www.christianpost.com/news/tbn-trouble-in-paradise-74542/

TBN: Trouble in
Paradise

By Ken Connor , Christian
Post Guest Columnist

May 8, 2012|8:26 am

"Prosperity theology is a false
theology. . . . TBN has been a huge embarrassment to evangelical Christianity
for decades."
R. Albert Mohler Jr., President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

It's a drama fit for reality

TBN Family Feud Heats Up as TBN Fires Back Against Fraud Allegations

http://www.christianpost.com/news/tbn-family-feud-heats-up-as-network-fires-back-against-fraud-accusations-74645/


TBN Family Feud Heats Up as Network Fires Back Against Fraud Accusations



Christian TV Network Denies Allegations Made by Founders' Granddaughter; Bashes New York Times for Allegedly Skewing the Truth








(Photo: TBN)




TBN, the world's largest religious broadcaster, has

Daily Mail: Private jets, 13 mansions and a $100,000 mobile home just for the dogs: Televangelists 'defrauded tens of million of dollars from Christian network'

A piece of good news emerges in the story below, to wit:  "The lawsuit attention comes at a bad time for TBN, which has seen viewer donations drop
steeply."


Private jets, 13 mansions and a $100,000 mobile home just for the dogs:
Televangelists 'defrauded tens of million of dollars from Christian
network'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2119493/Private-jets-13-mansions-