Alexandria, VA An Alexandria woman pleaded guilty today to money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud members of a Christian organization, announced Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Washington, D.C. Field Office, IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
According to court documents, Brenda Millender was the wife of Pastor Terry Millender and the First Lady of Victorious Life Church in Alexandria. Terry Millender created a company called Kingdom Commodities Unlimited (KCU), which marketed itself as a Christian organization that was looking for investors to provide financing to help facilitate and broker Nigerian oil sales. Individual investors provided money to Terry Millender from 2013 to 2016 based on his false and fraudulent representations about how their money would be used, as well as material omissions about how funds would be disbursed.
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The former First Lady of Victorious Life Church in Alexandria pleaded guilty to money laundering. (Shutterstock)
ALEXANDRIA, VA A former Alexandria pastor s wife pleaded guilty Friday to money laundering in a fraud scheme to defraud members of a Christian organization.
Brenda Millender, 60, was the wife of Senior Pastor Terry Millender and the First Lady of Victorious Life Church in Alexandria. Prosecutors said Terry Millender posed as CEO of Micro-Enterprise Management Group, which alleged it helped poor people in developing countries get short-term loans for their businesses. He used a Christian mission to draw investors in and promised investors guaranteed rates of return. Court documents indicate he used the money instead to trade on the foreign exchange currency market, make payments on a $1.75 million residence for him and his wife and other personal expenses.