A Kenner pastor is at the center of a federal case that accuses him of quietly draining more than $343,000 from a company’s bank account over four years, using a debit card prosecutors say he was never authorized to touch.
The indictment, unsealed last Tuesday in New Orleans federal court, names 56-year-old Dale Sanders and alleges that from April 2020 through April 2024 he used an unauthorized debit card tied to a business account to obtain about $343,293. If a jury convicts him, he could be staring at years in federal prison, hefty fines and other penalties.
U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle announced the case in a press release, saying Sanders was charged in an eleven-count indictment with access device fraud and obstruction of a federal investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Prosecutors say Sanders repeatedly used the debit card for “Company A’s” account to pull roughly $343,293 over the four-year span. The Federal Bureau of Investigation handled the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn McHugh of the Financial Crimes Unit is prosecuting the case…