Minister Sentenced To 14 Years For Fake Cancer Cure She Hawked On Christian TV

Dr. Christine Daniel, who is also a Pentecostal minister, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.2M to the families of people who died after using the fake cancer cure she had hawked on the prosperity gospel channel, the Trinity Broadcasting Network.

The scope of Daniel's fraud was breathtaking. Daniel robbed victims of more than money — she also stole their hopes and dreams for a cure. Daniel is responsible for a shockingly cold-hearted fraud that has brought her a richly deserved federal prison sentence," said U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr., according to The Associated Press. Daniel, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Timlin and ordered to hand over $1,277,083 to the estimated five dozen families she conned with her late-stage cancer cure from 2001 to 2004. Daniel's "cure" came in the form of herbal supplements called "C-Extract" she claimed had a 60-80 percent success rate and came from South America and Africa. The pills, revealed by analysis to contain sunscreen preservative, beef flavoring and other mundane ingredients, were in reality regular over-the-counter vitamins available at any drug store.

Daniel and her employees reportedly told patients that her concoction would also cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and diabetes. Daniel was sentenced two weeks ago and today the Christian Post notes she had plugged her treatment on Praise The Lord, TBN's most popular show.