Pastor admits defrauding victims of over $300,000

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Pastor Gavin Otto

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A pastor has pleaded guilty to defrauding individuals and businesses of more than $300,000 through unfulfilled promises and bad cheques.

Gavin Otto entered guilty pleas to all 19 charges on Monday, including six counts of fraudulent conversion and 13 counts of obtaining money by false pretences, committed between February 2021 and October 2022.

He is due to be sentenced on 7 November.

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The fraudulent conversion charges relate to cases where victims paid for steel and 40-foot shipping containers that were never delivered. In one incident, a man paid over $15,000 for a container he never received. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP

In another, a woman paid $16,000 for two containers but received only one after Otto issued a cheque that bounced.

Other victims were misled into paying for building materials or steel, receiving either partial deliveries or worthless cheques. Otto also cashed multiple cheques at gas stations and businesses that later bounced due to insufficient funds.

Police obtained a search warrant for Otto’s home in October 2022, where he was caught attempting to evade officers. Receipts and cheque stubs were recovered during the search.

The pastor now faces sentencing for defrauding victims and businesses of more than $300,000.

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20 COMMENTS

  1. The Most High neither slumbers nor sleeps.

    “Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished”. ~Exodus 34:7

  2. They need to check the trini an mc pond as well, lots of these so called pastors opening churches all around and they are not what they say they are

  3. They need to check the trini an mc pond as well, lots of these so called pastors opening churches all around and they are not what they say they are

  4. Not everyone who says Lord Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Many will claim to have performed miracles and prophesied in his name on the day of judgement but Jesus will respond, “Depart from me, I never knew you!” People must be careful with some of these men of the cloth. Pure Satan dressed up in pastoral gowns.

  5. I’m sick to my back teeth of hearing and watching the so-called pillars of Antigua & Barbuda embroiled in corruption, nefarious practices and self-enrichment – sick of it!

    These people are dragging the country I love into the gutter. Damn guttersnipes!

    Here we have a pastor (yet, another one) buried up to he “cleric collar” in greed, and In the not too distant past we’ve witnessed our police acting inappropriately in a number of incidents; also, recently in hospital, a pregnant woman lost her life when giving birth, which sounds like a lack of due care and the appropriate medical attention.

    AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON POLITICIANS!

    But all I will say is that when they start out in office as young men or women with a salary commensurate with their position, somehow miraculously when they leave, or nearing the end of their political careers the money they’ve accumulated during that time seems to far outweighs their Ministerial time. Go figure folks!

    The pillars of our society better get there acts together, because when the fish head rotten the rest of it goes bad, as we are currently witnessing with an increase in criminal activities.

  6. He in church preaching away while in his evil mind he thinking they will never catch me NEVER EVER MUHUHAHAHAAAAA..

  7. … and remember folks to look out for charismatic narcissistic and confident “unqualified” men in suits. They target the vulnerable study the “popular” Holy Scriptures and then start-up their own churches ⛪️

    DISCERNMENT IS THE KEY …

  8. Finally, all the SCAMMERS being exposed. RELIGION is the Head of the BEAST that controlled 99% of the population using CORPORATIONS, especially POLITICS, MEDICAL, SCHOOL, to PRISON to a COFFIN. The Annunaki Statue is the Symbolism of the Revelation that exposes these FAKES, hence all in FEAR now of the Creator’s ReTurn

  9. Any surprise here..nope..
    The culture of greed from the head to the bottom.

    Now even the young men are trying to get into the act by all these robberies.

    These people in power do not want crimes to stop, because crime is their money and power.

    They don’t want to ever give up that power, because they know they are set for life.

    God told Lott to find 5 good/righteous men, are there any more righteous men left in Antigua?

    Well we have 100 thousand folks to pull from, and I hope we find them, otherwise Antigua will be doomed like Sodom and Gomorrah.

  10. Always remember that church is also a money making business for MANY pastors. Plenty people can learn the Bible and put forward a presentation then make money be the last thing they ask about. Sounds familiar?????

  11. It’s always heartbreaking when someone in a position of spiritual authority betrays the public’s trust like this. Being a man of the cloth should come with a higher moral standard, not excuses for wrongdoing.

  12. A lot of people are shocked because they saw him as a man of God. But this shows that anyone can fall, and forgiveness doesn’t erase responsibility. Hopefully, he uses this time to truly repent and make amends

  13. Again, Gaston Browne, PM you and your administration MUST start TAXING these FOR-PROFIT businesses called church. Please use the newly generated funds to strengthen the Healthcare System, especially, the department of mental health.

    #TAX_DE_CHUSH!
    #TAX_DEM_CHUSH!

    He’s a criminal and should be sent to prison for embezzlement plus.

    Jumbee_Picknee aka Ras Smood
    De’ole Dutty Peg 🦶🏿 Garrat_Bastard

    Vere Edwards

  14. This guy was not appointed to the office as pastor, not even at the church he attended. Yes he did go away and studied theology, however upon returning to Antigua, never was taken seriously. He then posed as a real estate agent and started his skullduggery. Don’t know why people are so vulnerable. In most cases they go after deals that are too good to be true. Take for instance he defrauded a medical doctor who expected to pay a peanut change for a parcel of land at Blue Water. Dr. Wanted the land in the affluent area but got dooped. If it was true it would have worked out cents per square foot. Same with the purchasing of steel. He collected money to supply someone with steel and then go to a hardware and purchased them with a bounce check after he used off the money. So the people of this country from the so called educated Dr. to the vulnerable lady went after cheapness. We are hearing so often that people are getting robbed by people posing as import car dealers. People expect to pay 15,000.00 EC for a Top of the line BMW.
    That why the politicians fool our people so much- we love corruption.

  15. Look at the 3 Ps that pull down and destroy any country. PASTOR. Politician. Policeman. Look around in every category, we have some of the biggest scoundrels and scamps. But we don’t have sense, so we love it so.

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