A convicted felon accused of running a fraudulent health scheme was also allegedly manufacturing illegal weapons with the help of a local pastor 鈥� arming for a potential civil war.
One of the defendants in the ongoing fraud and conspiracy case is also believed to have been involved in an illegal weapons manufacturing operation in Lake Havasu City. And according to federal court documents this month, a local pastor aided him in that operation.
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