Angel Food Ministries Founders Plead Guilty to Fraud, Theft Charges
Wesly Joseph Wingo, aka Pastor Joe Wingo, his wife Linda and their son plead guilty in the U.S. District Court in Macon on Monday. They will be sentenced in May.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Macon confirmed that Pastor Joseph Wingo, his wife Linda and son Andy plead guilty to conspiring with each other and others to bilk millions from Angel Food Ministries. A fellow business associate, Harry Michaels, was also charged in the case. According to a spokesperson at the clerk's office in the U.S. District Court in Macon, the Wingos plead guilty to 40 of the 49 counts in the original indictment, filed in December 2011. Sentencing in the case is scheduled for May 29, 2013. Joe and Andy Wingo had remained in jail awaiting the trial. The Wingos were charged after the once thriving charity went out of business in September 2011 after 17 years in operation, blaming the downturn in the economy. However, the …
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Tammy Denise Jones
6:02 pm on Saturday, February 11, 2012
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