A better take on the pastor, the stripper, and the missing millions from the folks at News10 in Sacramento:
A former Sacramento stripper who gained notoriety when a Christian school threatened to remove her daughter from school in 2002 may now lose her home as part of a federal fraud investigation.
On Thursday, the U.S. attorney filed papers to seize the home owned by Christina Silvas.
Silvas is named in federal documents alleging her now-husband, Stephen K. Wilson, is suspected of fraud and money laundering in a Folsom investment firm called Christians In Crisis Investment Fund.
The couple’s Folsom house and Wilson’s office were raided February 15 by federal agents. The search warrant affidavit claims Wilson ran the fund as a “Ponzi scheme,” where money from new investors is used to pay profits promised to earlier investors.
In addition, the affidavit claims Wilson and his wife, Christina Silvas Wilson, used money from the investors to make down payments on their house, exotic cars and a yacht.
“(Stephen) Wilson withdrew at least $1.1 million for personal expenses … treated the Washington Mutual CIC (Christians In Crisis) account as if it were a personal bank account,” states the affidavit by IRS investigator Don Daley.
Silvas gained national attention in May 2002 when Capital Christian Center wanted her to quit her job as an exotic dancer, saying if she didn’t, they would remove her daughter from school. The attention gained her network news interviews, as well as a photo shoot and interview by Playboy magazine….
