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DUNAMIS Centre senior Pastor Dan Pule has been swindled out of US$62,000 in a scam in which conmen sold him fake gold pieces.

And three suspects have since been arrested with thousands of fake gold stones and are currently in custody.
Police spokesperson, Bonnie Kapeso, who confirmed the development and displayed the fake gold, said Dr Pule had since reported the matter to the police.

Mr Kapeso said the fake stones that Dr Pule bought were put in a safe but when he organised other pastors to pray with him for the stones, the safe exploded.

He said when the safe exploded, pastors scampered in fear after they saw things that appeared like witchcraft ornaments on top of the fake stones.

Mr Kapeso said the conmen were using an American GMC Suburban motor vehicle, registration number ABJ 3635 to hoodwink the would-be customers into thinking that they were genuine businesspersons.

Dr Pule, who was at Lusaka Central police station at the time, refused to narrate his ordeal to the media.
Mr Kapeso said the same conmen also attempted to sell more fake stones to two foreign nationals but the transaction could not take place.

He said one of the suspects was in court facing a charge of theft of K1.3 billion.

He advised people buying things like gold to seek expert advice before they lost huge sums of money.

[Times of Zambia]

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117 COMMENTS

  1. Dan Pule is a crook. I wonder if the other pastors were investors in these Gold stones or powder. If so Dan maybe is swindling the other pastors. On the other hand he must have been praying to Gold to Multiply the gold which is un Godly itself.. Police should investigate Dan Pule for illicit trading and arrest him..

  3. This man shud stop practising as a pastor, he is always in the papers for the wrong reasons. SHIKAPWASHA please regulate these pastors instead of the media.

  4. You can clearly see now, this is the scum of the world that once wielded power in the corridors of state during the reign of one Chabala Kafupi Chiluba. Even when they were in power, this was their manner of doing business, shoddy deals everyday. It has to take Dan Pule, Chief pastor of DUNAMIS, to be conned in such a laughable manner. This is how Chiluba made Zambia get conned out of US $20 million by Katebe Katoto and also US$7.8 million by Ben Menashe of Carlington. These Iturians should stop behaving like they are human being doing business, they are not capable of doing commerce, apart from running a kanthemba here and there.

  6. Hmmmmmmm………….. Interesting,pastors and Gold.Just where was he taking it? I bet thats the money folks contribute towards offerings and tilthes

  7. It is very easy to laugh at Pule, but this is something that can happen to anyone. The best we can do learn a lesson or two from our very own contravesial Bishop…Lol Take care “if its too good to be true, maybe it actually is”

  10. Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
    Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
    Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

  12. The simple question is ,what was the purpose of buying Gold? A quick buck? Ba Pule just do some genuine/honest business. There are no shot cuts to making money. Nishani,akamutulo naka chepa mu church?

  13. This story is loads of crap! Why did the ‘safe explode’. Why were they praying over the gold? Who told the reporters that there was a sage that exploded if Dan (man of Gold) refused to narrate since no1 else is quoted? Zambian level of journalism is pathetic. Echo bamishempela amapi.

  14. They drove a gmc car which convinced people that they were genuine businessmen! i thought only chicks get blinded by cars. why do pastors try to hide behind witchcraft and satanism, ati they prayed and the safe exploded

  15. Ba Dan Pule! #1 you are right, the US$ 62,000 probably belongs to the church. He is the swindler himself, investigate him.

  16. One would say Dan crooked his friends.

    “when the safe exploded, pastors scampered in fear after they saw things that appeared like witchcraft ornaments on top of the fake stones” Now why scamper when they were praying?

  17. ‘Mr Kapeso said the fake stones that Dr Pule bought were put in a safe but when he organised other pastors to pray with him for the stones, the safe exploded’. [Am a little confused here Pule buys fake stones puts them in a safe, then he organises friends to pray for the stones that are at this point in the safe… the safe explodes r you kidding me!!!]
    And the saga gets more complicated …’When the safe exploded, pastors scampered in fear after they saw things that appeared like witchcraft ornaments on top of the fake stones’. Who has the combination to the safe, who put the stones inside after checking them obviously, no prizes for guessing. Did the fake stones gave birth to witch craft ornaments… This sounds like a script from disney…Am off to have a beer!

  19. why not pray for the stones before paying for them and this could ve been done in the presence of the sellers!
    ba pule, we can’t buy that story, or maybe let the sellers be called wizards and not conmen, kaili bacita za umfwiti

  21. #17 u r right! No prizes for who put those things in the safe. What does it mean then? Anyway the other report says the conmen gave Dan the safe. But who the heck sells $62,000 worth of gold with a safe and who doesn’t check his goods before buying? Would have said the prayers exposed the fake diamonds but the witchcrafty stuff kinda makes this whole thing suspicious.

  22. This story does not make any sense. $62k cash, without checking the gold on the spot…….take it to whichever place to have it prayed for………no expert in the determination of whether it was real gold…….pastors scamper………???????? To transact in such huge sums you obviously need to know the people you are dealing with. It’s not like buying ifishimu ku soweto. Bonny use your skills as a buju, there is no truth in this. Last time i checked Pule was a chartered accountant, then chartered pastor…….now chartered precious stone dealer! Where are we heading to fellow bloggers?

  24. Pule is telling lies that the Gold was in a safe. How possible is it that you can spend $62 000 on the Gold which you have not seen? People tell you that in a safe there is Gold, you as a man of God you buy the safe and you call your fellow paster to pray for the safe to open !!! Hmmmm guys , I cant believe this. The truth is that PULE saw the gold and even held it. But later on through consultations it was discovered that it was fake gold. PULE does not want to appear as a crook hence his lie.

  26. And some retards will be busy giving him tithes come Sunday. If Paul Crouch was upright himself he would have stopped Pule from running TBN Zambia by now. He

  27. With due respect most of these so called pastors are in it just for money. How can a man who claims to serve God get involved in shady deals? Like has been mentioned here, God will expose all imposters no matter how long it takes, all of them will be undressed in public.

  28. ……….driving a GMC Suburban. Who has dealership of those vehicles here in Zed??? Uhmm! I read some article weeks back of a musician who has diversified and now selling those type of vehicles.

  33. Yes on sunday people will be paying more to replace the swindled money. There is sychology played on the minds of people. It goes like this….today we will give a wave offering to the Lord, take out the money and wave it to the Lord b4 you give….the first people to take out the money are the decons and the so called ministers of the church. How much do the wave..a K500 thousand, a million etc, you as poor as you are., you wave may be a K50 000 you look arround the next guy waves a K10 000. Oops, you are embaraced and next week you are forced to borrow a K200 thousand to go and wave at church since the more you give the more God gives you back. So you can even be borowing money so you give more and wait for the bountiful harvest. This is what goes on. BE WARE OF THESE FAKE PASTER.

  34. Maximum you can withdraw from a bank in zed is $5,000. Where did he get $62000? boz should question him on his source our dollars

  35. By the way, how far has his court case with Fred Mmembe reached? Was it settled out of court? I wouldn’t be surprise because both divorced and got other people’s wives…And they make fun of FTJ!!!

  36. stupid satanists, may the Lord Put them all to shame this includes pastor FTJ CHILUBA & his BOGOCA, chi Pule TBN.shikapwasha. and their Hypocrite followers.They will try to gain the whole world in the process lose their souls.christians lets pray for these people that God may deliver them from their demise.

  37. This is another idot who has no direction,this man is using church money for personal gain.Dan pule’s followers lean some thing and make a decision on your christain life.

  38. Did the POLICE examine the extent of the explosion?Do we have witnesses?Or maybe it’s just a fake story to swindle other people?

  40. This is how God can punish you if you are have no good morals as a pastor. pastor Pule has been a disgrace to christians in Zambia especially to his followers in his church, the guy is involved in all evil things mubuchende,multiple divorces, stealing and lies. Lesa tabepwa bane.

  41. This man is a disgrace and he does not deserve to be called a pastor.Can DEC move in and arrest Pule for money laundering.

  42. #34 is right where did he get these dollars?Is this not money laundering?And to think that there are pipo who go to his Church?This church should be investigated.Praying for dollars?

  45. That’s what happens when you seek riches in The Kingdom God. There is nothing wrong with wealth but if we dont put God first, we labour in vain. That’s a bitter price to pay.

  46. Revelation 3:17 ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

  48. There are many such fake pastors, Nevers Mumba, Chiluba, etc…who have swindled unsuspecting worshippers for a long time using the name of God. Now they are being unmasked one by one. As other bloggers have said, this is money laundering of the highest order and the police much quickly take action.

  49. Can the man of God come out and issue a statement so that we know what really transpired, or Ba Bonny twebene efyo bamyebele ba pastor. You can read between the lines and see if he is lying.

  51. Just out of Curiosity is it not illegal to buy Diamonds/Gold etc from unlicensed dealers???? Why would a Pastor be involved in such dodgy deals to begin with???

  52. Hahahahaha..!…what a weird story. You couldn’t make it up..! …If this is really true , then all the pastors involved in this have completely lost the true meaning of their call. How can respectable men of the cloth , pray over material wealth.., treasure , money , whatever you wanna call it?
    It beggars belief .

  53. hahahah serves him right, in the bible theres nowhere pastors asked for tithes to buy riches, in fact most tithe in the bible was food. The problem with pastors nowadays is that all of them know how lucrative a career is and how people can respect you if you just pretend your opinions are from above. Why waste $62000 when theres probably someone in your clergy with financial difficultires plus widows and orphans

  54. I don’t really know when we’ll finally get hung of it, these guys are daylight robbers. How else do you explain Tutemba Pastors’ extravagant living especially in Lusaka? Am christian but i don’t subscribe to spiritualism because it plays on people’ minds, they stop reasoning and emotions take control of their decision making. Have you figured out how these gentlemen manage to con even the educated to give 100% tithes by standing order or direct debit? mind games. Remember tithe is 10% and as for offering the bible says good loves a cheerful giver, not a sacrifice. You don’t need to starve the all month to feed the likes of Pule, it’s s7upidity.

  55. I bet Pastor Dan Pule last saw or read the Bible when he was being wed to that Pretty Young Thing. Coz if he had been reading, he would have come across the verse “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and everything will be added unto you”. My bet is, he hasn’t been reading the Bible. From matrimonial disputes to material escapades, what a man!

  57. I bet Pastor Dan Pule last saw or read the Bible when he was being wed to that Pretty Young Thing. Coz if he had been reading, he would have come across the verse “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and everything will be added unto you”. My bet is, he hasn’t been reading the Bible. From matrimonial disputes to material escapades, what a man of !

  59. And as an afterthought, imagine if this man of God were to be given a Cabinet portfolio, surely, do you see him serving the poor masses? Answer is a plain NO.

  62. when possibility is in the room, probability goes out the window. We become fools of the ‘what-if’ syndrome. What if it was true? What if it did work? So we put all our financial resources into one basket and put it all at risk just because we might get rich quick.
    Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow. (Proverbs 13:11 NIV)

  63. Dan’s background: -He did accounts at Chingola School of accounts in the early 1980s. It was in Chingola that he conned an elderly white woman who was congregating with him to become his wife. Apperantly this woman came from a wealthy family and this was the reverends motivating factor. The rest is common history.

  64. People who get rich quick are often ill-prepared to handle the wealth. The Bible speaks about it in this way,
    “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. (Luke 16:10 NIV)

    Wealth building is not simply about increasing the amount of money you have in the bank. Wealth building teaches lessons along the way. You learn mistakes you will not repeat again. Fortunately, in the little by little approach those life lessons cost less. Someone who gets rich quickly is more likely to make a fatal error that puts the entire gain at risk.

  65. Wealth that is given or easily earned is not as rewarding as wealth that is legitimately earned. Those seeking to get rich quick have come to believe the solution is always more. Instead the solution is recognizing you have enough. Patrick Mead says, “Want what you have and like what you’ve got.”
    Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. (1 Timothy 6:17 NIV)

  66. But this Dan Pule also. Just when all is quiet about him and you think, “perhaps the man has changed”, he does it again. I wonder which holy ghost fire, fire, fire, hehehe, fire, hehehe fire he operates under. He is just reaping his own crookedness if at all it really happened, otherwise he just cooked up the story to swindle the church.

  69. # 67….you are funy man….ayi imagin, the binding failed and the all great men of God ran for their lives!!! Why didn’the choose a less ovious lie???

  70. How come Veteran never comments on stories like these? His job description does not cover blogging on such? Landeni po ba Kamba ba Veteran… we miss your wisdom and enspiring application of students companion

  71. Praying over gold sounds scandalous enough, and the how can a metal object ‘explode’? The Pastors scampered, what kind of men were these? Hehehe i think Pule is trying to dribble the’pastors’, the police should beon the look out for the real gold, not the explosives that Pule set in front of his friends.

  82. You pipo should feel pity for me.How can you insult me and insinuate that this was church money?Ok if it was church money is it your church?Why cant you just form your own church.To my flock you have seen what has happened we now need more tithe pls

  83. Awe mwebantu! the part about the explosion after praying and witchcraft ornaments appearing sounds too far fetched and straight out of a Nigerian movie. I think someone has been watching too many of those

  85. please can you investigate this man of God. we need a true version of this story. how can he pay for the commodity he is not sure of? This is suspicious.These pastors are tarnishing a sacred name by involving themselves in these illicit activities

  87. Dan Pule must choose between the two lines of business or man of God,u cant be 2 in one God will deal with him once and for all.

  88. DEC and/or ACC are you waiting for RB to issue a statement then you act? This was clearly an illegal trade. If it wasn’t, the suspected swindlers would have been traced. How did the stupid ‘man of gold’ make such a transaction without involving financial institutions? Does he keep money under his adulterous bed?

  89. The explosion and the witchcraft were explained by Kapeso on move yesterday. They are not far fetched.
    Dan Pule is fake I wonder how he has continued to attrack people to his church.

  90. The explosion and the witchcraft were explained by Kapeso on move yesterday. They are not far fetched.
    Dan Pule is fake I wonder how he has continued to attract people to his church.

  91. Pule you have stolen alot of money using the name of God and same as those thieves the have stolen from you in the name of Dan Pule the Satana,so 50/50.
    True i wonder why your stupid follower still support you thief.

  95. We the faithful followers stand with our pastor. We know its the work of the devil who doesnt want to see our pastor enjoy life. I mean with all his concubines!!

  97. Financialingers
    This should be wake up call for all the congregants of these businesses masquerading as churches! Pule preys on the people and urges them to pay tithe, he then uses it to buy gold. By the way does Pule know that in Zambia it is illegal to possess gold? read the Gold Act. That served him right.

  98. Cant serve money and God. have to chose one.

    #73 R Bee. Spot on. He should have prayed before engaging in this transactions. The Lord would have told him if he should go ahead or not. God is all-knowing. But when God is not for you, things like this happen. If I was going to his church, I would leave because it shows that the man is not hearing from God. A person who seek the Lord and hears his voice cannot find himself in such a shameful scandal. Ba Pule should take a break from ministry. It’s bad enough to bring shame to the name of the Lord.

  101. It looks like the gullible Zambian police officers have already swallowed this crook’s fictitious story hook, line and sinker. The more intelligent DEC and ACC should move in and cage this “man of god”. His followers will definitely continue to give him their hard-earned money because they are thoroughly brainwashed desperate beings.

  102. I no longer trust this Pule.ZPcops,DEC,ACC do your work PROPERLY and DEEPLY ,you will see what will come out.In my whole life,I have never head,read,seen or even watched on tv/movies a kind of wicthcraft that “explodes”….my my my but Pule nikelenka mudala uyu zoona eee!

  103. And why doesnt Paul Crouch stop this scandalous man from operating/using TBN Zambia??????people please be careful with some of these pastors who lead you.

  105. What if the suspected conmen actually sold him genuine stones and then he swaps them with fake stuff? Anything is possible here, the police shouldn’t buy his story without proof

  107. Oh for the love of “GOLD”. Mr Pule please show some sense in your dealings. You are truly a prophet of doom. Whenever you preach, you are just concentrating on pledge!pledge!pledge! and yet you are engaging in shady deals with congregant’s money. What a shameful rev. you are. Leopard in a sheep’s skin. Mukaya pya mwaba kwata fimanga (the great PK Chishala warned u about such dark corner activiteis—Ba Pole Pole mwasebana)

  109. People that follow Pule are also crazy. This man is a joke, how many crazy things has this man done? He left his wife, married a sweet sixteen and married another lady later. Pule, Pule what a joke.

  111. Please leave this Man of God alone. We all make mistakes we are not to judge God is the fair Judge to all of us.This man is a Man of God

  112. he he he …this is a hollywood script. The chap needs to give the media more information on why he purchased the gold. Transparency…was it gold for the Church or his own personal fortune.

  114. Bull shit. Pule is Bushiting the Safe did not explode hes trying to make us think hes holy so that we dont corn him, come on guys Teach him a lesson. Has he got a lisence to deal in precious stones

  115. “Silver and Gold are mine. Hehehehehe. Now I can turn these fake stones… hehehehehe! Everyone say, “Fake stones!!”…..hehehehe! Now say “Fire!!…hallelujah…Gold!!!!

    You can fool some people some times but you cant fool all the people all the time….man of Gold!!!

  116. Zambians are generally gullible unless it affects their emmidiate families hence wudnt be surprised if Bonny hasnt aleady believed Pule and closed the case. This case needs a very perssimistic approach.

  117. osa nyela pa myala ba pastor! there people who are smarter than you….maybe it’s the work of the devil…lol..you greedy thief,ill gotten gains are another man’s gain….

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