Pastor stole €15m to fund wife’s singing career

The founder of a popular Singapore church has been found guilty of misappropriating millions in donations to support his wife’s singing career in Asia before helping her break into the US market for evangelisation purposes.

Kong Hee, the founder and senior pastor of City Harvest Church, was found guilty with five other church leaders of stealing 24m Singapore dollars (€15m) designated for building and investment-related purposes through sham bond investments.

The State Court also found that they used another 26m dollars (€16m) to hide the first embezzlement from auditors.