Ex-church financial secretary accused of embezzling more than $570K from Amelia Baptist Church, spending it on trips

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – A woman who once worked as the financial secretary for a Nassau County church has been charged with grand theft after authorities say she embezzled more than $570,000.

Melissa Ganey English (formerly known as Melissa Ganey Rhoden) was arrested in Baker County.

Authorities said that from January 2019 to October 2024, English used her position at Amelia Baptist to line her own pockets and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of the church’s money on herself…

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