California launches probe into alleged scam targeting churches

The Rev. Clyde W. Oden Jr., senior pastor of L.A.'s Bryant Temple AME Church, shows the kiosk he says has cost his church thousands of dollars. "We did see content. It's just that the content never changed," he says. "Ultimately, the charade began to become clear." (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / November 20, 2009)

“Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown says dozens of African American churches were defrauded of thousands of dollars over lease agreements for computerized advertising kiosks that were supposed to be free.”

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