Three top administrators of a Philippines-based church were arrested by authorities on Jan. 29 for allegedly participating in an immigration fraud scheme that brought church members to the United States to work as “fundraisers,” and then took away their passports and forced them to work long hours.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, The Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name church obtained visas for church members to enter the United States by claiming, for example, they would be performing at musical events.
