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Feds Say Former Clovis Pastor Committed $2 Million Fraud

The Department of Justice indicted Sherman S. Smith, 73, formerly the executive pastor of Sonrise Church in Clovis, on seven counts of wire fraud totaling more than $2 million Thursday. According to documents filed in federal court in Fresno, Smith allegedly induced investors, including church congregants, to give money to the...

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