Ephren Taylor Accused of $11 Million Christian Ponzi Scheme by SEC

 Anita Dorio acknowledged that the church was careful not to explicitly endorse Taylor.

“Before the seminar began, a staff member did make the announcement, ‘We’re not endorsing this person. We’re not telling you to invest with him. We’re just here to listen to what he has to say.'”

Lakewood Church told ABC News they opened their doors to Taylor to speak on the subject of “Biblical financial principals,” but “when he began to promote his services as a financial advisor,” he “was stopped from doing so.”

The Dorios said while they don’t really want to blame church leadership and said they did warn them about Taylor after the alleged fraud was discovered. Anita Dorio said the response she received from the church was, “‘Oh Anita, how could you?’ Like I should have known better.”

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