Jim Whittington (born February 16, 1941) is an American televangelist ordained minister, preacher missionary and faith healer.
[citation needed] In 1992, Whittington was convicted of federal crimes on 11 counts, including conspiracy, mail fraud and money laundering.
Of the 270,000 meals in the shipment, 50,000 were designated for Maxfield Children's Home, in Kingston, Jamaica, the oldest and largest orphanage in the island.
[1][non-primary source needed] On July 23, 1992, Whittington, along with four other evangelists, was convicted in federal court of defrauding Valeria Lust, a Lakeland, Florida widow who donated $913,072 in cash and property to his Fountain of Life ministry which he diverted for personal use.
In 2005, Whittington was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm Howard to make monthly payments to her estate after, according to federal prosecutors, years of dodging repayment; at the time, he still owed $848,532.