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Aug 27, 2025 · Church leaders with Michigan ties were charged in connection to a multi-state forced labor & money laundering conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District …

Aug 27, 2025 · Two church leaders with ties to Michigan, including a man who believed himself to be an apostle, were indicted in a multi-state investigation alleging forced labor and money laundering.

Oct 16, 2025 · Taylor and Michelle Brannon, 56, are accused of forcing call center employees in Michigan, Florida, Texas, and Missouri to endure miserable living conditions as a part of Kingdom of …

Sep 6, 2011 · : the services performed by workers for wages as distinguished from those rendered by entrepreneurs for profits. Industry needs labor for production. The institute … lacks the ready supply …

Aug 27, 2025 · David Taylor, self-proclaimed "Apostle," and Michelle Brannon are charged with running a $50 million forced labor and money laundering scheme disguised as a religious ministry. Victims, …

Aug 27, 2025 · Two leaders of the Kingdom of God Global Church, a nationwide ministry once called a “slave labor cult” by a former member, were arrested Wednesday by the FBI.

LABOR definition: productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain. See examples of labor used in a sentence.

Aug 27, 2025 · Two church leaders have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in an alleged forced labor conspiracy across four states, including Michigan, according to the U.S. Department of …

Aug 28, 2025 · Federal authorities arrested the alleged leaders of a multi-state human trafficking ring that they say lured in trafficking victims under false pretenses and had them solicit donations under …