$SOL $SOL In Shifnal (United Kingdom), church treasurer Desmond Rogers of St. Andrew's has been sentenced to imprisonment for stealing over £170,000 from donations made by parishioners and scouts.

From 2018 to 2023, he secretly siphoned funds from church accounts and invested them in a cryptocurrency scheme that turned out to be fraudulent. All the money was stolen, and Rogers described himself as a 'victim of deception'.

The court found him guilty of theft and fraud. The exact sentence is not disclosed, but according to British practice, he faces up to 7 years in prison.