[b]Brazil’s Top TV Preachers Land in Hot Water in Miami[/b]

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — In their heyday, Estevam and Sônia Hernandes were the Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker of Brazil, on television preaching a gospel of material success and living a life to match.

But that was before they were arrested in Miami in January and charged with illegally smuggling cash into the United States, including $9,000 concealed in a Bible.

All told, American authorities seized $56,467 that the couple and other family members had hidden on their bodies and in luggage, according to the United States indictment. Brazilian authorities, who have charged them with money laundering and fraud, are seeking their extradition. ...

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/world/americas/19brazil.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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