SoCal Church of Christian Science: Local members ‘stunned, saddened’ by $11.5 million fraud scheme

SoCal Church of Christian Science: Local members ‘stunned, saddened’ by $11.5 million fraud scheme

Orange County Register
February 4, 2020, 3:49 pm
Charles Sebesta, a 54-year-old from Huntington Beach, now faces up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to bank and wire fraud charges for orchestrating the scam. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Sebesta joined the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist as a facilities manager in 2001. By 2016, he had worked his way up to chairman of the ...