Updated: 4:19 PM CDT April 30, 2021
GRAPEVINE, Texas A former finance manager at one of the biggest churches in Texas - Fellowship Christian Church in Grapevine - pleaded guilty to theft, diverting more than $1.3 million to herself, according to court and police records.
Lara Lynn Ford, 51, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to Tarrant County court records. However, she may apply for shock probation, which could suspend her prison sentence for theft, court records indicated.
An audit of the church’s banking accounts found Ford bilked $1,377,000, according to a Grapevine Police offense report.
The theft occurred from December 2008 through April 2019, her indictment said.
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