Pastor Guilty Of Securities Fraud

Indiana: A Gibson County jury Thursday found a former pastor guilty on nine of 10 counts of defrauding hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars.

The jury found Vaughn A. Reeves Sr., former owner of Sullivan-based Alanar Inc., guilty on all but one count of securities fraud.

Reeves, 66, operated Alanar Inc. with his three sons. The sons are set to stand trial next year.

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The charges allege the men duped about 11,000 people into buying bonds that raised at least $120 million for church construction projects. Investigators say the men shuffled invested money among various accounts and stole about $6 million for themselves in the process.