'Evangelist' Accused Of $1.5 Million Fraud

OKLAHOMA CITY (CN) – As head of a slew of evangelistic organizations, **Dennis Duron and the **Denny Duron Evangelistic Association defrauded an investor of $1.5 million by falsely claiming to have a patented baseball pitching machine, the investor claims in Oklahoma County Court.     Plaintiff **Glen Schoenhauls claims Duron controls a bunch of evangelistic groups, including a school, into which he funnels and hides the money he gets by fraud.      Schoenhauls claims Duron sweet-talked him into investing $1.5 million in the bogus machine, then allegedly made by Fungoman, now dba defendant **Precision Sports Robotics.      He claims Duron also controls and misuses the defendants **First Assembly of God of Shreveport: Evangel Christian Academy, Shreveport Community Church , and **PSR Investors Inc. He also sues Duron’s alleged cohorts, employees, agents or alter egos, **Romulo J. Cucjen and Wesley R. Usie.      Schoenhauls demands $2 million, plus punitive damages. He is represented by B. Wayne Dabney.      See complaint.