MIAMI (WSVN) – A Miami pastor and an associate are behind bars after authorities said they orchestrated a months-long fraud scheme that targeted immigrants seeking legal assistance, using a church as the front.
Pastor Nelson David Ochoa Vasquez, 46, was arrested Thursday at La Iglesia de Dios Jireh, located on SW 40th Street, and charged in connection with an organized fraud investigation by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Organized Crimes Bureau.
A co-defendant, 44-year-old Ismer Gonzalez, was arrested separately the same day…