Crofton pastor jailed on bank fraud and false tax return charges

A Crofton man was sentenced in federal court last week to jail for fraud and tax offenses.

According to court documents, 58-year-old Marvin Upton received two years and three months in prison followed by three years of supervsed release on charges including three counts of bank fraud and three county of filing false tax returns.

Until recently, Upton was the pastor at Crofton Pentecostal Church in Crofton, Kentucky. The bank fraud charges arose from Upton’s scheme during the years 2013 to 2016 to defraud one of his elderly parishioners who suffered from dementia. During that same time period Upton also submitted multiple false tax returns which omitted income from the fraud scheme.  
   
Upton was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $500,000 to the victim’s estate and $222,037 in restitution to the IRS.