Jerry Falwell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===SEC and bonds=== In 1972, the [[US Securities and Exchange Commission]] (SEC) launched an investigation of [[bond (finance)|bonds]] issued by Falwell's organizations. The SEC charged Falwell's church with "fraud and [[deceit]]" in the issuance of $6.5 million in unsecured church bonds.<ref name="npr-potent">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5522064|title=Religion, Politics a Potent Mix for Jerry Falwell|website=NPR.org|publisher=NPR|access-date=2010-11-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204052741/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5522064|archive-date=2011-02-04}}</ref> The church won a 1973 federal court case prosecuted at the behest of the SEC, in which the court exonerated the church and ruled that while technical violations of law did occur, there was no proof the church intended any wrongdoing. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page