Welcome to episode 114 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases.

Today we get to speak to retired agent James Furry, who served in the FBI for 31 years, 11 as a professional support employee and 20 as a special

agent.

In this episode, Jim Furry reviews his Church of Love case.

Donald Lowry and Pamela St. Charles were charged with 26 counts of Mel fraud for operating the Church of Love.

A romance scam perpetrated against 31,000 lonely heart male victims who were defrauded of 4.5 million dollars in losses

discovered during the four-year investigation.

During his FBI support career, James Furry was assigned to a special support group

conducting surveillance on hostile Russian intelligence agents

while serving in New Orleans and the Washington Field Office.

During his agent career, most of his time was in the Newark Division,

working organized crime and supervising an organized crime squad,

a crimes against children's squad, and serving as the

World Trade Center Command Post Supervisor.

He was also a hostage negotiator, a police instructor, and taught foreign police schools in Uzbekistan,

Kyrgyzstan, and the Ukraine.

After his retirement from the FBI, Furry worked the identity, bravery, and integrity, my story, the true life and career of an FBI special

agent, a memoir about his FBI career that includes a chapter on The Church of Love.

To learn more about Jim you can visit his website Jim Furry that's F-U-R-R-Y, dot com. But before we get to the interview, I want to let you know that I

sent my May email to my reader team.

It features a review.

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