MIAMI Pastor Faces Federal Charges for Embezzling Dead Person’s Social Security Benefits
MIAMI, FLORIDA – A Miami pastor is facing federal criminal charges after authorities discovered he had been collecting a deceased person’s Social Security benefits for over ten years. Michael Gene Bryant, 57, who leads Greater Sweetfield Missionary Baptist Church in Coconut Grove, is accused of theft of government funds and making false statements. According to a federal indictment, Bryant became the representative payee for an individual identified as “H. L. G.” back in 1996. Despite …