A federal court case accusing a former Pasco pastor of convincing members of his church and others to invest nearly $8.4 million in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme has been expanded to add two more defendants.
A new indictment filed last week against Francier Obando Pinillo, the pastor and owner of Tiempos De Poder in Pasco, accuses him of 25 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and participating in an unlicensed money transmitting business.
The initial indictment filed in November 2024 accused Pinillo of $5.9M in fraud…