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ARREgT
WARRANT APPLICATION
JD-CR-64b
Rev.
3-1'l
C.G.S.
S
54-2a
Pr. Bk.
Se..36-1,
36-2,
36-3
STATE OF
CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR
COURT
wwwjud.ct.gov
For Court Use Only
Supporting
Affi
davits sealed
I
ves
[-l
No
Agency name
Seymour Police Department
Police Case number
15-s217
Geographical
Area numb€r
ombo,
Honore
Application For Arrest
Warrant
To:
A Judge
of
the
Superior
Court
The
undersigned hereby applies for
a
warrant for
the arrest
of the above-named
accused on the basis of the facts
set forth in
the:
ffi
Affidavit
Date
I
Affidavit(s) Attached.
tts
AffidaVit
The
undersigned
affiant,
being
duly
sworn, deposes and says:
1...The undersigned, Detective
Scott Nihill #202, being duly
sworn, does depose
and state that he is
a
member
of
the
Seymour Police
Department and has been since
101511988.
At
all
times mentioned
herein he was acting as a member
of said department.
The following
facts and circumstances are
stated
from
personal
knowledge
and observations as
well as information
received
from other
police
officers
acting
in
their
official
capacity
and
from
officia
police
reports and
statements made by
prudent
and credible
witnesses.
2...OnApril
30,
2015,
Detective
Todd Romagna and Affiant
met with
Attorney
Karen Casey
who
represents
St.
Augustine's Church
and
the
Hartford
Roman Catholic Diocesan
and Matthew Byrne
Chief
Financial
Officer Of the Hartford Roman
Catholic
Diocesan.
They informed us
that
they
had
some concerns
that Father
Honore Kombo, the Priest of
St.
Augustine Church,
had misappropriated
money
which had
been left to
St.
Augustine Church by a deceased
parishioner.
St.
Augustine Church
is located
at 35 Washington Avenue,
Seymour,
CT.
3...That
Attorney
Casey
informed
Detective
Romagna
and
Affiant that
in 2012, a
parishioner
of
St.
Augustine
Church named Frank
Genio had died and left a large
sum of
money to
the
church
through a
series
of
annuities. That
it had been originally believed
that
Mr.
Genio
had left
the church
money by
means
of
four annuities through
the
New York Life lnsurance
Company,
but later information
discovered
during a financial
review,
alluded to
a
fifth
annuity
left
to the
church
by Mr. Genio. This fifth
annuity
was Western National
Life lnsurance Company Contract
#1CA28009.
Attorney Casey
requested
that
the
Seymour Police Department open an
investigation into this
matter.
4...Detective
Romagna
and Affiant were told that Father Kombo
is originally
from
the
Democratic
Republic
of
the
Congo. That Father
Kombo is
"on
loan" to the
Hartford Roman Catholic
Dioceses.
Tha
Father Honore
Kombo
is
the sole
administrator
of
all
of
the
financial accounts
for the St. Augustine
Church
and St.
Augustine
Cemetery
Association.
Father Kombo was appointed to
this
position
effective
January
17,2011 by
Archbishop Mansell,
who
is
in
charge
of
all
the churches
in
the Hartford
Archdiocese.
We were informed
that St. Augustine Church
has
a Financial Committee who oversees
(This
is
page
1 of
a
29
page
Aftidavit.)
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Date
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Jurat
Subscribed
and
sworn
to
beforp
me
on
(Date)
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Sig\ed
(JuMe/fu.
Conlmissioner
of Suoeior C
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Notary Public)
Finding
The foregoing Application for an arrest warrant,
and affidavit(s)
attached to said Application,
having been submitted to and
considered by the undersigned, the undersigned finds from
said
affidavit(s) that there
is
probable
muse to believe that
an offense has
been
committed and that the arcused committed it and, therefore,
that
probable
cause
exists
for
the
issuance of a
warrant for
the arrest of the above-named accused.
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ARREST
WARRANT
APPLICATION
JD-CR64a
Rev.3-11
C.G.S.
$
sa-2a
Pr.
Bk.
Sec. 36-1, 36-2, 36-3
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR
COURT
wwwjud.ct.gov
Name
(Last
Fitst, Middle
lnitial)
Kombo,
Honore
Geographical
Area number 5
Affidavit
-
Continued
the
churches finances.
5...
Detective Romagna
and Affiant were
informed that St. Augustine Church hired the forensic
accounting firm known as
Forensic Accounting
Service LLC located at
2389 Main
Street,
Glastonbury,
CT
to
conduct
an
audit
into
the
church's financial
affairs.
That
during this
investigation
Stephen
Pednault
whom
is a Certified
Public
AccountanUCertified in Financial
Forensics
and Certified Fraud
Examiner
and
a
member
of
this firm
had
questioned
Father
Kombo as to
what happen
to
the
proceeds
from
the
fifth annuity
left
to the church.
Stephen Pednault stated that
Father Kombo
had originally
stated
he
did not know
anything
about a
fifth
annuity.
Stephen
Pednault
stated
he
was later
contacted
by Father
Kombo
who
admitted to him
that he
had
took about
$40,000.00
from
this fifth annuity
and
p
it
in a
church
account
and
then
took
the
remaining
amount
about
$27,000.00
and
used it for
matters
relating to
the
Congo.
6...During this
investigation
Affiant
had initially received a
three page
Forensic
Accounting
Report
dated April 23, 2015
which
had
been completed by Stephen Pednault. This report documented
that
on
April 16,2015,
Stephen Pednault
met with
Father Kombo and Alese Kummer,
Business
Manager
at
the
church.
They reviewed
the
transactions and details
pertaining
to
Mr.
Genio, the trust and
annuities
That
they
reviewed information
provided,
including Mr. Genio's will
and
other
related
information
and
met
with Father Kombo to review
the annuities
and to determine
what happened to the
proceeds
from
the annuities.
That they
identified
one annuity, Western National Life lnsurance Company
#1CA28009
for
which there was no supporting information
other than a single letter from Western National
Life
lnsurance
Company
to St. Augustine
identifying
the annuity.
Father Kombo and Alese Kummer
stated
that they
had
no information
about
this annuity, so
a
request was made
for
Father Kombo
to
write
a
letter
to
Western National
Life
lnsurance
Company
seeking
information as to this annuity.
That on
Apr
21,2015,
Forensic Accounting
received
a call from Father Kombo and during this conversation
he did
provide them
with
information about
this annuity. Father
Kombo stated that the
Western National
Life
lnsurance
Company Annuity
approximated
about
$67,000.00
and
that
he had
deposited
$40,000.00
o
that
into
the St. Augustine
PACT
account dated
612412013
(this
is
an lnvestment
Account
managed
by
the
Hartford Diocese) and
that he used
the
remaining
amount, approximately
$27,000.00
for
matters
relating
to
the
Congo.
The
report
concluded
that the findings
were
that based on the
procedures
performed
it
was determined
that Father Kombo
used
approximately
$27,000.00
of St.
Augustine's
funds
for
other
purposes.
7 ...On June
1
,
2015, Affiant
received
documents which Affiant had requested
from
Attorney
Karen
Casey
which documented the information
regarding
the
fifth
annuity
left
to the
St.
Augustine
Church
and some
unauthorized financialtransactions
made by Father Kombo.
lnformation
on
these documents received
is as follows:
Document
#1
-
a three
page
Supplemental
Forensic Accounting Report dated May
28,2015, which
was completed by
Stephen
A.
Pedneault
of
the
Forensic
Accounting Services LLC.
ln
reviewing
this
Supplemental
Forensic
Accounting Report,
it was noted that the results of the audit determined
that
according
to
information
received from
American General Life lnsurance Company regarding
contract
(This
is
page
2 of
a
29
page
Atridavit.)
and sworn to before me
on
(Date)
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ARREST
WARRANT
APPLICATION
JD-CR-64a
Rev.3-11
C.G.S.
$
5/-2a
Pr.
Bk.
Seo.
36-1, 36-2. 36-3
STATE
OF CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR COURT
www.jud.ct.gov
Kombo, Honore
Geooraohical
AreJnumber
5
Affidavit
-
Continued
and
$2,124.00.
Docurnent #2
-
a fax cover
sheet of a
fax sent on May
1 1,
2015 from Father
Kombo
to
Stephen
Pednault
which
had
two
attached copies
of
the
first
page
of
two
monthly bank statements
for TD
Bank
Account
H28-0635421.The
first monthly
bank
statement
covered the
time
period
of
May
6,2013-May
31,2013
and the second
monthly
bank statement covered the
period
of
June
1,2013
-
June 30, 2015.
The
bank
statements listed the TD Bank Account
in
the name of St.
Augustine Roman Catholic Church
Corporation.
These
bank statements
documented the information of the
account activity
Iisted in
Stephen
Pednault's report.
Docurnent #3
-
a
fax
cover sheet of a
fax
sent
on
May
26,
2015
from Father
Kombo
to
Stephen
Pednault
with seven
pages
attached.
These seven
pages
of attachments to
this
fax consisted
of
the
following:
Page #1
-
a
one
page
letter
dated
May
19,2015,
addressed to Rev.
Honore
Kombo
from
Ruby
Malone, Annuity Claims
Department
of the
American
General
Life lnsurance
Company, The
United
States
Life lnsurance Company
in
the City
of New
York. The
letter referenced
Annuity Contract
#1CA28009
with the deceased Frank Genio. The
Ietter
stated that
the
death
benefit for this annuity
contract
had been
paid
at an
earlier
date thereby
terminating the
policy.
Therefore, no further benefits
are
payable.
Page#2
-
a one
page
letter dated May 18,
2015, addressed
to
Reverend
Honore Kombo
from
B.A.
Propst, Specialty
Annuity
Services
of
the
American General
Life
lnsurance Company, The
United
States
Life lnsurance Company
in
the City
of
New
York. The letter referenced
Annuity Contract
#1CA28009
with the
deceased
Frank
Genio.
The letter
thanked
Father
Kombo for his recent request
regarding the annuity
contract. That
they
would take
this
opportunity to
provide
him
with
the
following
information.
The
accumulated value of the contract on September
9, 2012, the
date of Mr.
Genio's
death was
$67,432.42.
That
on April 30, 2013 they
processed
the death
claim
to St.
Augustine Roman
Catholic Church
in the
amount of
$68,716.88.
That
a check
number 16231728
was issued
to St.
Augustine
Roman
Catholic
Church
on April
30, 2013
for
$67,716.88.
That the check cleared their bank
on
May
6,2013.
That the contract was
paid
in full. That they had enclosed
a copy of correspondence
dated
September 5,2013
providing
the
date
of death
value and a copy
of
the
Annuity Claimant
Statement
dated
April
18,2013.
Page #3
-
a one
page
letter
dated May
18,2015,
addressed
to
Bank
of
America to the attention
of
Keith A. Janssen
from Luteara
Gant, Annuity Claims Department.
The
letter referenced
Annuity
Contract #'tCA28009
with
the deceased Frank Genio.
The letter
thanked
Keith Janssen for
his
recent
inquiry regarding the annuity contract. The letter stated that
at
that
time
the
value
of
the
contract
was
ast,
(This
is
page
4
of a
29
page
Affidavit.)
Referee)
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ARREgI
WARRANT
APPLICATION
JD-CR-64a Rev. 3-11
C.G.S.
$
542a
Pr.
Bk. Sec.36-1, 36-2, 36-3
STATE OF CONNECTIGUT
SUPERIOR COURT
wwwjud.ct.gov
Name
flast,
First, Middle
lnitia\
Kombo, Honore
Geographical
Area numb€r
Affidavit
-
Continued
$67,432.42.
Pages
#4
&
#5
-
consisted
of
a
two
page
Annuity
Claimant Statement
regarding the
Annuity
Contract
#1CA€,8009
with the deceased
Frank Genio. This
claim statement
was
dated
April
18,2013 and
appeals
to
have been
completed
and signed by Reverend Honore Kombo and notarized
by
Richard
Tortora.
Page #6
-
a one
page
letter
dated December
17,2012,
addressed
to
Debra Hackett
of
the
Western
National
Life lnsurance
Company from
Reverend Honore Kombo. The letter was notifying her that
he
(Father
Kombo) was responding
to a
letter
dated
November 23 asking
who
is authorized
to
sign
from
St.
Augustine
Church. The
letter stated Father Kombo
enclosed a copy of the authorization
letter
dated
January
5,2011,
which
was
addressed
to
Father Kombo from
Archbishop
Mansell.
The content
of
the
letter
is
explained
below
and is Page #7.
Page #7
-
a
one
page
letter
dated January 5, 201't, addressed
to
Reverend Kombo
from
Archbishop
Mansell. ln this
letter Father
Kombo is notified
by
Archbishop
Mansellthat
he had been appointed
administrator
of
St.
Augustine
Church.
The
letter
explains that
he
(Father
Kombo)
has
the
authority
to
transact
business
in
the name of St. Augustine
Church Corporation.
That he
alone
is authorized to
sign
checks and draw
on the funds
that are deposited in
the
bank. That other arrangements can be
authorized with
the Archbishop's
written
approval.
The
Archbishop instructs
Father Kombo to
please
work
closely with
the Finance
Council so the
St.
Augustine Parish will have a
secure
financial base
and
that there will be
transparency
in allfinancial
matters.
Document
#4
-
A
copy of an
e-mail dated May 13,2015, addressed to Stephen
Pedneault from
Attorney
Karen
Casey. This e-mail had a
copy of a TD Bank check
H0439498-5
which
was
dated May
9,2013
attached. The
check was
in
the amount of
$27,600
made
payable
to
Rev. Honore Kombo. The
back of this check
appears to have
been endorsed with the
signature
of Rev. Honore Kombo.
8...On June
11,2015
at about
9:05
a.m.,
Detective Romagna and
Affiant
met
with Father
Honore
Kombo
and
his
Attorney
\Mlliam
Paetzold. Attorney Paetzold
did
inform
us
that he
had met with his
client earlier
that day and
that he advised him
of
what
rights
he has
given
up
by
meeting
with
the
police.
Attorney Paetzold
stated
to us that it
is Father
Kombo's intention to fully cooperate with our
investigation.
Father
Kombo
explained
to us
that he attended a
conference about Microfinance in Canada.in 2006
and
there
he had met
a
person
named
Pancho Otero who was involved in
'Microfinance
projects"
That
Father
Kombo
became
friends
with Pancho Otero
and in 2011, Father
Kombo
arranged to
have
Pancho
Otero move from
Bolivia
to
Kikwit,
in
the Congo
to start a
microfinance
project
in
that area.
This
is
the
area where Father
Kombo
stated he was born.
Father Kombo
explained
that
the
people
of
(This
is
page
5 of a 29
page
Affidavit.)
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ARREST
WARRANT APPLICATTON
JD-CR-64a Rev. 3-1'l
C.G.S.
S
54-2a
Pr.
Bk. Sec. 36-1, 36-2. 36-3
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR COURT
www.jud.ct.gov
Name
Kombo,
Honore
Geooraohical
Area'number 5
Affidavit
-
Continued
this area
are very
poor
and that
the
microfinance
company
would
provide
loans to
these
persons.
Father Kombo stated
that
he
felt
huge pressure as
the
"Microfinance company had
to
maintain
a
certain financial
threshold
of
in
order to
get
outside funding". Father
Kombo
stated
that this lead him
to
"get
into
this unauthorized
borrowing
of
money" from
the church.
Father Kombo stated that the money
he
"borrowed
from
the church"
would be
paid
back once the
funding
to
the microfinance
company
was
received
from
the
outside
sources.
Father
Kombo
explained
to us that
the St.
Augustine's
Church
had received 4 annuities from the estate
of
a
former
parishioner
named
Frank Genio.
Father
Kombo explained the
amounts of these annuities
and explained
that a committee had
been
formed
to
help
decide
what to do with the funds.
Father
Kombo
explained
how
the church had used some
of
the funds for improvements to
the
parish
facility
and then invested
the
balance
of these four annuities
into
an investment account
known
as
the
PACT
account. Affiant
did find out
that
.PACT'
is an acronym for People
Acting in
Community
Together and
is
an investment
account managed
through the
Archdiocese
of
Hartford.
Father Kombo
stated that he
had received
paperwork
for a fifth annuity
left
to the church by Mr. Genio.
Father Kombo
stated that
he
filled out
papenrork
requesting
the annuity
proceeds
and
on
April
30,
2013, he received
a check
in
the amount of
$68,716.88.
Father Kombo stated that
this money
had
been
deposited
into
a TD Bank Account belonging
to the
parish. (This
was TD Bank Account
M28-0635421
which was in
the name of St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church Corporation)
Father
Kombo stated
that
he had
deposited
$40,000.00
of this
money into
the
"PACT"
investment
account.
Father Kombo
stated that he
then
withdrew
$27,600.00
out
of this
TD Bank
account
which he then
deposited
into his personal account
which was
at
the
Bank
of
America.
(This
would be
Bank
of
America Checking
Account #385010803598 which is in
the
name of Honore Kombo)
Father Kombo
stated that this money
was used for funding the microfinance company
Affiant showed
Father Kombo
a copy of a TD
Bank
check
HA439498-5
which had been
provided
to
me
by
Attorney Karen
Casey. This
check
was dated May
g,
2013
in
the
amount of
$27,600.00
and
made
payable
to Rev. Honore Kombo. Father Kombo
was asked
what he
used the
money for.
He
stated that
this
was
the money
he had taken from the fifth
Genio
annuity.
He
stated that
it
was used
mostly
to
keep
the
microfinance
company operating at a certain financial level. Note that the back
of
this check was endorsed
with what
appears to
be
the
known
signature of
Honore Kombo.
Father Kombo
was
asked about two
electronic
debits
which appeared
on the
TD
Bank
Account
#28-0635421 statement
dated May
6,
2013
-
May
31,2013.
The
first
electronic
debit was dated May 16, 2013
in
the amount of
$1,318.17
and is described as
a
purchase
made
at Stop & Shop
603 Seymour, CT. Father
Kombo
stated
that this was money
he
wired
(This
is
page
6 of a 29
page
Affidavit.)
Date
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WARRANT
APPLICATION
JD-CR-64a
Rev.3-11
C.G.S.
$
54-2a
Pr.
Bk.
Sec.36-1,36-2,
36-3
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR
COURT
wwwjud.ct.gov
ast
Kombo, Honore
Geographical
Area number 5
Affidavit
-
Continued
visa
Western
Union to
the
Congo.
He
was asked what the money was used for. He stated
that
most
o
it
was
used for
the
micro finance
operation
in Kikwit. He explained
that
some
of
the money was
also
used for
some
of
the
charitable
work he does in
sending
children
to
school.
The second
electronic
debit
was dated May 28, 2013
in
the amount of
$2,
124.00
and
is
described as
a
Visa Purchase
with
the
letters
WU P1D59756957913676
877 989 3268.
Father
Kombo stated that thi
was a Western
Union wire
of money to the
Congo.
He
explained that
it
was for
$2,000.00
which
was
used
to
pay
salaries for
people
working for
the
microfinance
Company.
Father Kombo
stated
that
the
pressure
was still there as
the
funding
that
had been
promised
to
the
microfinance
company
was not
there, so this lead him to open
a
line of credit account with the First
Niagara
Bank
in
the
amount
of $25,000
in
October of
2013. (Note that
this
line of credit account
was
opened up
in
the
name
of
St.
Augustine
Roman Catholic Church and utilized the church's
IRS
Tax
Reporting
Number) Father
Kombo stated that this was
easy
for him
to
do as First Niagara Bank was
the trustee
for
the
Genio Trust.
Father Kombo stated
that the first time
he borrowed
$15,000
from
this
line of credit
and the
second time he
borrowed
$7,000.00.
Father Kombo stated that this money was
used mostly
towards the
projects
in
the Congo
but
could
not recall
allthe details.
Father Kombo
stated
that he had
to begin to repay
the
monies he borrowed on the line of credit and he
had
hoped to
get
repaid
from
the
microfinance
company
to
help repay the money he had
borrowed.
Father Kombo
stated that there
was
still
pressure
at that time to maintain the microfinance operation at a certain level
so the
funding
institution
can see that the microfinance
company
finances were not down.
Father Kombo stated
that
he
felt a
lot of pressure as
the
line of
credit
needed
to
be
paid back.
Father
Kombo then explained
the St. Augustine's
Church has a cemetery
endowment
in
which they receive
quarterly
interest
checks. Father
Kombo stated
that he
took
the
June
16,2014
interest
check
from
the
cemetery endowment
which was
in
the amount of
$1,406.40
and used it to make a
payment
on this
line of credit. Father
Kombo
stated that he
also took
the December
15,
2014 interest check from
the
cemetery endowment
which was
in
the amount of
$1,043.55
and
used it
to
make a
payment
on this
line of credit.
Father Kombo
did state
that he had
paid
for
his airfare on a trip
to
the Congo from this Iine
of credit. He
stated
that
this
was
for
the amount
of about
$2,000.00
but
did
not know the exact figure. Father
Kombo
stated
that
this trip
was made
possibly
in June of 2014 but
he
was not sure.
Father Kombo
stated
to summarize
his situation he took
$28,000.00
out of
the
Genio estate, used
$25,000.00
line
of
credit
of
which
has
a balance
of about
$21,000.00,
used two checks
from
the
quarterly
interest
from
the cemetery
and the last thing was the
$10,000.00
(which
he took from
the
PACT
account)
and has
paid
back. Note that he had explained
that
he had borrowed
$10,000.00
from
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR
COURT
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Name
(Lasf,
First, Middle lnitia\
Kombo, Honore
Geooraohical
Area-number 5
Affidavit
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Continued
the PACT
account to
pay
medical
expenses for a
friend who
needed an emergency
medical
procedure
He stated that
without
asking the
finance
committee of
the church
he
took
this
$10,000.00
from the
PACT
account.
Father
Kombo
did
pay
this
$10,000.00
back to the church on January 30,
2015.
9...
On
June 18,
2015,
Affiant obtained
documentation from Attorney
Karen
Casey
of the two
quarterly
interest
checks which
Father
Kombo had admitted he had taken from the St. Augustine
Cemetery
endowment
and deposited
into
a
First
Niagara Bank Line of Credit Account
he had
opened
without
authorization.
Father Kombo
stated he
had used these checks to make
payments
due on the line
of
credit
account.
The information
of these
two St. Augustine
Cemetery checks
are
as
follows:
Check
#1
-
Check
#
PT177'16004
drawn on Bank
of
America Account
# 42-16-100-8553771
an
account
in
the name
of
the Hartford Roman
Catholic
Endowment Care Fund. The check
was
dated
611012014
for
the
amount of
$1,406.40
and was made
payable
to St.
Augustine Parish Cemetery
in
care
of
the
Pastor. Handwritten
on the back
of
the check were the words
"For
DEPOSIT ONLY"
and
underneath
this
was
stamped
"ST.
AUGUSTINE CHURCH 35 WASHINGTON AVE
SEYMOUR,
CT
06483' The back
of the
check
also contained stamped bank information
which
had been
printed
on the
check when
it
was
processed.
The back of
the check
had
the
numbers
"222370440"
which
signifies the
routing code for First Niagara
Bank,
"0611612014"
which
was the
date
the
check
was deposited,
"729"
which signifies the
bank
branch number
for
First Niagara Bank Seymour
Branch located
at
11
First
Street, Seymour,
CT,
"4731"
which
signifies the teller who
processed
the check
and
"52"
which
signifies
it
was the
52 transaction for this teller.
Check #2
-
Check#
PT17913923
drawn on
Bank
of
America Account
#
42-16-100-8553771
an
account
in the
name of
the Hartford Roman
Catholic Endowment Care
Fund. The
check
was
dated
1211112014 for the amount
of
$1,043.55
and was made
payable
to
St. Augustine
Parish
Cemetery
in
care
of
the Pastor. Handwritten
on the back
of
the check were the
words
"For
DEPOSIT
ONLY". Note
that
due
to the
poor
quality
of the
copy, the
processing
numbers stamped on the back of the check are
illegible.
10...On June
29,2015,
Affiant
received documentation from Attorney
Casey about
the
First
Niagara
Line of Credit Account
#4600102950.
Documentation received consisted of bank statements, copies o
checks
and
reports
compiled
by Steve
Pednault
the
Forensic Accountant who was hired to examine
the
finances
of St. Augustine's
Church.
The
First
Niagara
Line
of Credit
Account
is
Account # 4600102950.
This
account appears to have been
opened
on
10/1812013
and had
a credit
limit
of
$25,000.00.
That this account was
opened in
the
name
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Rev.
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Bk.
Sec.
36-'1. 36-2. 36-3
STATE OF CONNECTIGUT
SUPERIOR
COURT
wwwjud.ct.gov
Name
(Las{
Firs(
Geographical
Area number
ombo,
Honore
Affidavit
-
Continued
of St. Augustine
Roman
Catholic
Church
and
utilized
the church's
IRS Tax ldentification Number.
The First
Niagara
checking
account
associated
with this
line
of
credit
account
was Checking Account
#7900556569.
It
appears that
Checking
Account
#7900556569
was set
up
to make
an
automatic
payment
of the
minimal monthly
payment
on
the Credit Line
Account # 4600102950
if
the
minimal
monthly
payment
was
not made manually
to
the
account.
1't...As
part
of
this
investigation,
Affiant did review
bank statements
for
the
First Niagara Bank
Line
of
Credit Account
and Honore
Kombo's Bank
of
America Checking Account # 385010803598 which were
and documented
the
following:
October
23,2013,
an advance
of
$15,000.00
was taken
from
the
First Niagara
Bank
Line
of
Credit
Account # 4600102950.
A
copy
of
the withdrawal
slip associated
with
this
cash advance was
provided
which
appears
to
have
the signature
of
Father
Honore
Kombo.
That as
part
of this
investigation,
Affian
did obtain records
for Honore
Kombo's
Bank of
America
Checking Account
# 385010803598
and found
that
a
deposit
slip
dated
1012312013,
containing Honore Kombo's information and
listed
a deposit of a
check
in
the amount
of
$15,000.00
deposited into
this account.
The check which was deposited was
found
to
be First
Niagara
Teller
Check #5545993235,
dated 1012312013
and
made
payable
to Rev.
Honore Kombo
St Augustine
Church. The
back of the check appears
to
have
been
endorsed
by
Honore Kombo.
January 9, 2014,
an advance
of
$7,500.00
was
taken
from
this
First
Niagara
Bank Line
of
Credit
Account #
4600102950.
That
as
part
of
this
investigation,
Affiant did obtain
records
for
Honore
Kombo's Bank
of
America
Checking
Account
# 385010803598 and
found that a deposit slip
dated
11912014,
containing
Honore
Kombo's information
which
listed
deposits of two
checks
deposited
into
this account. One
of the checks
deposited was found
to be
First Niagara Teller
Check
#5545993293,
dated
11912014
and made
payable
to
Rev. Honore
Kombo. The back of the check appears to have
been endorsed
by Honore
Kombo.
March
12,2014,
an
advance
of
$600.00
was
taken
from
this First
Niagara Bank Line
of Credit Account
# 4600102950
and was
deposited
into
the associated First Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569.
March 12,2014,
a withdrawal
of
$498.67
was made from the First Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569
to make
a monthly
minimal
payment
on
the
First
Niagara Bank Line
of
Credit
Account #
46001
02950.
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Continued
Kombo, Honore
Geooraohical
Area'number 5
March
14, 2014, a deposit of $10,000.00
was
made into
the
First
Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569. This
$'10,000.00
which had been deposited was obtained
by Father
Kombo
by making
an
unauthorized
withdrawalfrom
the
St.
Augustine Church
"PACT"
investment account
which is
managed
by
the Archdiocese of Hartford and held
at
the
Bank of
America.
March 14,2A14,
a
withdrawal
of
$6,000.00
was made from the
First Niagara Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569. That as
part
of
this investigation, Affiant did obtain
records for Honore
Kombo's Bank
o
America Checking Account
#
385010803598 and found that a deposit
slip dated 311412014listed
a
cash deposit
in
the
amount of
$1,000.00
made into this account.
March 14,2014,
a
withdrawal
of $500.00
was
made
from the
First
Niagara
Bank
Checking Account
#7900556569 to make
a monthly
payment
on the First Niagara
Bank Line of Credit
Account #
46001
02950.
March 18,2014,
a
withdrawa
of
$3,000.00
was made from the First
Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
March 18,2014,
a cash deposit of
$2,500.00
was made
into
Honore
Kombo's
Bank
of
America
Checking Account #
385010803598.
That
as
part
of this
investigation,
Affiant
did obtain records for
Honore Kombo's Bank
of America Checking Account # 385010803598
and found that a
deposit
slip
dated
311812014
had Honore
Kombo's information listed on
it
and
showed a
cash
deposit
in
the
amount
of $2,500.00
was made
into
this
account.
March
18,
2A14,
a
wire
of
money
in
the amount of
$1,500.00
was made from
Honore Kombo's Bank
of
America Checking Account #
385010803598 to Toronto Dominion
bank Account #778062U785 which
is
in
the name
of
Honore
Kombo.
April
1 1,
2014, a withdrawal
of
$520.00
was made from the
First Niagara Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569 to make
a
monthly
payment
of
$520.00
on
the
First
Niagara
Bank Line of Credit Account
#
4600102950.
Apri 1
8,2014,
an advance
of
$1
,500.00
was withdrawn from this First
Niagara Bank Line of
Credit
Account
#
4600102950
by
means
of
Check
ffiA1 . Affiant obtained a copy
of this Check #101 which
was dated
411812014.
This
check was made out to
"Cash"
and
was signed on the
front
by Father
Kombo.
The
back of the
check
was
also endorsed by Father Kombo.
April
1
8,
2014, a cash
deposit of
$1
,100.00
was made
into
Honore
Kombo's
Bank of America
Checking
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is
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36-3
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OF CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR COURT
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s1
Kombo, Honore
Geooraohical
Area-number 5
Affidavit
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Continued
Account
#
385010803598.
That as
part
of
this investigation,
Affiant did obtain records
for
Honore
Kombo's
Bank
of
America
Checking
Account #
385010803598 and found
that
a
deposit slip
dated
411812014
which
contained
Honore
Kombo's information
showed a cash deposit
in
the amount
of
$1
,100.00
was made
into this
account.
June
12,2014,
a withdrawal
of
$520.29
was made
from
the
First Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569
to
make
a
monthly
payment
on
the First Niagara Bank Line of Credit Account
#
4600102950.
This
transaction resulted
in creating
a negative balance
in First Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
June 12,
2014,
an advance
of
$500.00
was
taken from
this
First Niagara Bank Line of Credit
Account
#
4600102950
and
was deposited
into
First
Niagara
Bank Checking Account
#7900556569.
June
16,2014,
a
deposit of a
check
in
the amount
of
$1,406.40
was
made into First Niagara
Bank
Checking Account
#7900556569.
This
was
the
quarterly
interest check
which
St.
Augustine
Church
received
for its cemetery
endowment.
Father Kombo
did admit
to
using this check to make a
payment
to this
First
Niagara
Bank Line
of Credit Account.
(Note
that
this
check
was
check
#
PT17716004
drawn on Bank
of
America Account
#2-16-100-8553771
which
is an
account in the
name
of
Hartford
Roman
Catholic Endowment
Care Fund) Note
that while Father Kombo stated that the funds from
this
check
were
made
to make
payment
to the First Niagara
Bank Line of Credit
Account
the check was
deposited into
the First
Niagara
Bank
Checking Account.
June
16,2014,
a
withdrawal
of $600
was
made from
the
First
Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569
to
make
a
monthly
payment
on
the
First
Niagara Bank Line of Credit
Account
#
4600102950.
July 8, 2014,
a
withdrawal
of
$600
was made from
the
First
Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569
to
make
a monthly
payment
on
the
First
Niagara
Bank
Credit
Line
Account #
4600102950.
July
16, 2014,
a
deposit
of
$50.00
was made
into First
Niagara
Bank
Checking Account #7900556569.
The funds
which
were
deposited consisted
of
a check #353 dated
June
15,2014
which was
drawn
on
Webster Bank
Account
of Frederick
Dlugokenski
of
46 Patton Avenue,
Seymour, CT.
This
check was
made out
to
St.
Augustine
Church.
The
back
of the check had the hand written words
"For
deposit
only" and had
been
stamped
for
deposit only
with the church's name and address.
August
1,2014,
a deposit of
$3,000.00
was
made into First Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569.The
funds
which were
deposited
consisted of a check
#2026 dated
July
29,
2014
which
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Kombo,
Honore
Geographical
Area number
5
Affidavit
-
Continued
was
drawn
on Citizens
Bank
Account of Denise
M,
Turgeon P.O. Box
882 Glendale,
Rl. This
check
was
rnade out
to
St.
Augustine
Rectory.
ln
the
memo
section
of
the check were
written "FR
Honore'
Kombo-motorcycle"
The
back of the
check
had handwritten
the words
"For
deposit only".
August
4,
2014,
a withdrawal
of
$2,650.00
was made from
the
First
Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569.
That
as
part
of
this investigation,
Affiant did obtain
records
for
Honore Kombo's
Bank
o
America
Checking
Account
# 385010803598
and found that
a deposit slip
dated
81412014,
containing
Honore Kombo's
information,
listed
a deposit
of a cash
in
the
amount of
$2,650.00
deposited
into
this
account.
August
4,
2014,
a
withdrawal
of
$550.00
was made from
the First Niagara Bank Checking Account
#7900556569
to
make
a
principal
payment
on the First Niagara Bank Line of
Credit
Account
#
46001
02950.
August
4,2014,
a wire
of
money
in the amount
of
$500.00
was made from Honore Kombo's Bank
of
America
Checking
Account
#
385010803598
to
Toronto
Dominion
Bank
Account #77806284785,
which is
in
the name
of Honore
Kombo.
August
9,2014, an advance
of
$1
,000.00
was
taken from this First Niagara Bank Line of
Credit
Account
# 4600102950.
A copy
of
the
withdrawal
slip
associated with
this cash advance
was
provided
which documents
that Father
Kombo made
this withdrawal
and the
withdrawal
slip appears
to
have
the
signature of Father
Honore Kombo.
That
as
part
of
this investigation, Affiant did
obtain
records
for
Honore
Kombo's
Bank
of
America
Checking
Account #
385010803598 and
the monthly statement for
this account
dated
July
29,2014 to
August
26,2014 showed that a deposit of
$1,000.00
was
made
on
August
9,2014
via ATM.
August 19,2014,
an advance
of
$650.00
was
taken from
this
First
Niagara Bank
Line
of Credit Accoun
# 4600102950.
A copy
of
the withdrawal
slip
associated
with
this
cash advance
was
provided
which
documents
that
Father
Kombo
made
this
withdrawaland
the
withdrawalslip
appears to
have
the
signature
of Father
Honore
Kombo. That
as
part
of this investigation,
Affiant did obtain records
for
Honore Kombo's
Bank
of
America
Checking Account
#
385010803598 and found that
a deposit
slip
dated 811912014,
containing
Honore
Kombo's information,
listed
a
cash
deposit of
$250.00
into
this
account.
September 6,
2014,
an advance
of
$750.00
was
taken from
this First
Niagara
Bank Line of
Credit
Account
#
4600102950.
A
copy of the withdrawal
slip associated with
this cash advance was
provided
which documents
that Father
Kombo made this withdrawal
and the
withdrawal
slip appears to have
the
signature
of
Father
Honore
Kombo.
That
as
part
of this
investigation,
Affiant did obtain records for
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COURT
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Middle
lnitial)
Affidavit
-
Continued
Honore
Kombo's
Bank
of
America
Checking Account
#
385010803598
and the
monthly statement for
this
account dated July
29,
2014
to
August
26, 2014 showed that
a
cash
deposit
of
$550.00
was
made
on September
6, 2014 via ATM.
September
12,2014,
a
withdrawal of
$517.94
was
made
from the
First Niagara
Bank
Checking
Account
#7900556569 to make a
monthly
payment
on the
First Niagara Bank Line
of Credit Account
#
4600102950.
This transaction
resulted
in creating a negative balance
in First Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
September
12,2014, an advance of
$500.00
was taken
from
this
First Niagara
Bank
Line
of Credit
Account
# 4600102950
and was deposited
into First Niagara Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
October
14,2014,,
a deposit of
$250.00
was made into First
Niagara Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.The
funds
which
were
deposited consisted
of a check
#73
dated October 12,2014
which was
drawn on People's United
Bank Account
of
Theresa and Christopher
Tiesler 6 Elmwood
Drive
Seymour,
CT . This check was made
out to
St.
Augustine's Church.
ln the
memo section
of the
check were
written
"Emerson
Baptism"
The
back
of
the check
had handwritten the
words
"For
deposit
only"
and had been
stamped for deposit only
with the church's
name and address.
November
12,2014,
a
withdrawal of
$532.97
was
made
from
the
First Niagara Bank Checking
Accoun
#7900556569
to
make a monthly
payment
on
the
First
Niagara Bank Line of
Credit Account #
4600102950.
This
transaction
resulted in creating a negative
balance in
First Niagara Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
November 12,2014,
an
advance
of
$600.00
was taken
from this First
Niagara Bank Line of Credit
Account
# 4600102950 and
was deposited into
First Niagara Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
December
12, 2014, a
withdrawal
of
$518.20
was
made from the First
Niagara Bank Checking Accoun
#7900556569
to
make
a
monthly
payment
on the First
Niagara Bank
Line of Credit
Account #
4600102950.
This transaction resulted in creating
a negative balance
in First Niagara Checking
Account
#7900556569.
December 12,2014,
an advance of
$500.00
was
taken
from
this
First Niagara
Bank Line of
Credit
Account
#
4600102950 and
was
deposited
into First
Niagara Bank Checking
Account #7900556569.
December
15,2014,
a
deposit of a
check
in
the amount of
$1,043.55
was
made into First Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569. This check
was
the
quarterly
interest check
which St.
Augustine
Church
received for its cemetery endowment.
Father Kombo
did
admit
to
using
this
check to
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Kombo,
Honore
Geographical
Area number
5
Affidavit
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Continued
make
a
payment
to
this
line
of credit
account.
(Note
that this check was check
#
PT17913923
drawn
on
Bank
of
America
Account H2-16-100-8553771 which
is an account
in
the
name
of
Hartford
Roman
Catholic
Endowment
Care Fund)
December
15, 2014,
a withdrawal
of
$600.00
was made from
the
First Niagara
Bank Checking
Accoun
#7900556569
to
make
a
monthly
payment
on the
First
Niagara Bank Line
of Credit Account
#
46001
02950.
December
16,2014,
a
withdrawal
of
$350.00
was made
from
the
First Niagara Bank
Checking Accoun
#79005565
December 17,2014,
a cash deposit
of
$240.00
was made via ATM into Honore Kombo's
Bank
of
America Checking
Account
# 385010803598.
December
22,2014,
an
advance
of
$1,500.00
was
taken
from
this
First
Niagara
Bank Line of
Credit
Account
#
4600102950
by means
of Check #102.
A
copy
of Check
#102 from
drawn on this account
was
obtained. This
check was
dated 1212U2A14 and was made out to
"Cash"
and
was signed
on
the
front by
Father
Kombo.
The
back
of
the check was
also endorsed by Father Kombo.
January
12,2015,
a withdrawal
of
$663.30
was
made from the First Niagara Bank
Checking Account
#7900556569 to make
a
monthly
payment
on
the
First
Niagara Bank Line
of Credit
Account
#
4600102950.
This
transaction
resulted in creating
a negative
balance in First
Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569.
January 12,2015,
an advance
of
$600.00
was taken from
this
First Niagara
Bank
Line
of Credit
Account
#
4600102950
and was deposited into First
Niagara
Bank
Checking
Account
#7900556569.
February
12,2015,
a
withdrawa
of
$50.00
was made
from the First Niagara
Bank Checking
Account
#7900556569 to
make
a
principal
payment
on the First Niagara Bank Line
of Credit Account
#
4600102950.
12...According to an
analysis
report
completed
by Steve Pedneault
of
Forensic
Accounting
Services
LLC
on
his analysis done on
the
First
Niagara
Bank Line of Credit
Account
#
4600102950
covering the
time
frame
of October
2013
to
February
2015,
the cash advances totaled
$31,200.00
and resulted
in
$2,480.60
of finance/fee
charged for
a
total
of
$33,680.60.
The analysis report
showed that there
were
$10,739.52
of
principal
payments
made which when
deducted
from
the
cash
advances and finance/
fees charged would
leave
balance of
$22,941.08
as
of
the
monthly
statement date
of
February
27
,
(This
is
page
11of
a 29
page
Affidavit
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Referee)
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www.jud.ct.gov
Middle
lnitiaA
GeooraDhical
Area"number 5
ombo,
Honore
Affidavit
-
Continued
2015.
According
to
an analysis
report
completed
by
Steve Pedneault
of Forensic
Accounting Services LLC
on
his analysis
done
on
the First Niagara Bank
Checking Account #7900556569 covering the time
frame of
October
2013
to
February
2015, the money deposited
into
this
checking
account
totaled
$19,349.96
and
withdrawals
out
of
the account totaled
$19,271.37
with
$60.00
of
fees being charged
which
left
a
balance
of
$18.59
as
of
the statement date of February 27
,2015.
The
report
also documented
there
were
three checks
identified
by Forensic Accountant Steve Pednaul
during his
audit
of
the
First
Niagara
accounts opened by Father Kombo as having been made out to
the St. Augustine
Rectory
or St. Augustine Church but were
deposited
into the First Niagara Bank
Checking
Account
#7900556569
which was associated with the First Niagara Bank Line of Credit
opened
by Father
Kombo.
Affiant
did contact the
persons
whose bank accounts these checks were
drawn on
to speak
to
them in regards
to their checks.
1
3. . . On July
1
,
2015
at about
2:25
p.m.,
Affiant telephoned Denise M. Turgeon and spoke to her abou
a
check
which
had
been deposited
into the First Niagara Bank
Checking
Account #7900556569
on
August
1,2014.
The
check in
question
was
Check#2026
dated
July 29,
2014
which
had been drawn
on
the
Citizens
Bank
Account
belonging
to Denise M. Turgeon P.O. Box 882, Glendale,
Rhode
lsland.
The check had
been
made out
to St. Augustine Rectory in the amount of
$3,000.00
and
in
the memo
section
of
the
check
were
the words
"FR
Honore Kombo-motorcycle". ln speaking
to
Denise Turgeon,
she stated
that she
did recal
writing
the check. She stated that through the Arch Dioceses of Rhode
lsland,
Father Kombo had given a presentation
at
her church.
That during
Father Kombo's
presentation
he
had
mentioned
a story
about a
Priests
in
the Congo
having
to
walk vast distances
as
they
had
no modes
of
good
transportation.
She stated that Father
Kombo had mentioned
something to
the effect
of
the
best
mode
of
transportation
would
be a motorcycle which make travel
for
the Priests
in
the Congo
easier.
She
stated
that
after the
presentation
she had spoken
to
Father Kombo and
did
mention that she
would
be
willing
to
make
a donation for
this.
She stated
that
a short
time
after this,
Father Kombo
telephoned
her and
asked
her
if
she
was
stillwilling
to
make a donation
for
buying
a
motorcycle
and told
her
that
it
would
cost
$3,000.00
in
the
Congo
to
buy. She stated
that
she then
wrote out
the
previously
described
check for the
purpose
of buying
a
motorcycle
for
the
Priest.
14...On
July
6, 2A15
at
about 5:00
p.m.,
Affiant went to 5 Elmwood Drive, Seymour and spoke
to
Christopher and Theresa
Tiesler
in regards
to
a check
which
had been
deposited
into
the
First Niagara
Bank
Checking
Account
#7900556569
on October 14,2014. The check in
question
was Check
fi4-73
dated October
12,2014
which
had
been drawn on their People's United Bank checking account. The
check
had
been
made
out to
St. Augustine
Church
in
the amount of
$250.00
and
in
the
memo
section
of
the check were
the words
"Emerson
Baptism". ln
speaking to Theresa and Christopher
Tiesler,
they
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-
Continued
stated to Affiant
that
they
had
gave
this check as a donation to the church
when they baptized
their
daughter.
15...
On July
6,
2015
at about
5:20
p.m.,
Affiant went to 46
Patton Avenue,
Seymour and
spoke
to
Fredrick
Dlugokenski in regards
to a check
which had been deposited
into
the
First Niagara
Bank
Checking
Account #7900556569
on July
16, 2014. The
check
in
question
was Check #353 dated
July
15,2014
which had been
drawn on Webster
Bank
Account belonging
to
Frederick Dlugokenski
of 46
Patton Avenue, Seymour.
The
check
had been made out
to St.
Augustine
Church
in the amount
of
$50.00
and in the memo
section of
the check
were the words
"Fredrick
Michael". ln
speaking to
Fredrick,
he stated to Affiant
that he had
given
this check as a donation
to the
church
when his
son
was
baptized.
16...On
June
22,2015, Affiant received via
United
States mail a
package
from
Attorney \Mlliam
Paetzold.
lnside
this
package
was
a
one
page
letter addressed
to Affiant from Attorney Paetzold, a
copy of a three
page
letter
addressed
to
Attorney
Paetzold
from
Emmanuel Mbongo Makobo,
a
copy o
an article which appeared
on
the
web
site
of
the
Huffington Post, two copies of an obituary for
Francisco
"Pancho"
Otero and
copies
of Father Honore Kombo's Bank
of
America
bank statements
covering
the time frame
of
1212712012
to
February
24,2015.
The one
page
letter
addressed
to
Affiant from Attorney Paetzold was dated
June
19,2015. The Ietter
stated
that as
he had
promised,
he
enclosed
Father Kombo's
personal
banking
records
from
Bank
of
America covering the
period
of January 2013 thru February 2015. On these
bank statements
Attorney
Paetzold had highlighted
all
of
the
transactions reflecting
money being senUwired
to the
Congo for the
micro
finance
project.
ln
the
letter
Attorney Pae2old explained that
he had attached a letter written
by
Mr.
Makobo who
is
the Director
of Operations
for
Credit
Ya
Mpa,
the
lnstitution of Microfinance
based
in Kikwit, Congo. This
is
the microfinance
project
which Father Kombo had stated he was sending
money to.
Attorney
Paetzold
also indicates he attached articles about
Pancho
Otero,
the
person
who
spearheaded
the microfinance
project
in
Kikwit
with
the
help
of
Father Combo.
ln this
letter
Attorney
Paetzold
states as he had
previously
indicated to Affiant
in
a
telephone
conversation, he is in
possession
of
personal
checks
made
payable
to St. Augustine totaling
$52,566.83
to
reimburse
the
church
for
the
funds
which
were
used by
Father Kombo. Attorney
Paetzold stated that the
Church informed him that they would not accept the checks at this time as
they
don't want the
acceptance
of any funds
to
suggest they are agreeing
to
have
any charges
dropped
against Father
Kombo.
The copy
of
the
three
page
letter
addressed to Attorney
Paetzold from Emmanuel Mbongo Makobo
stated
amongst
other things
that he
(Mr.
Makobo)
is
the Director
of
Operations
of
"Credit
Ya Mpa"
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is
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page
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COURT
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Name
(Last,
First, Middle
Kombo,
Honore
Geographical
Area numb€r 5
Affidavit
-
Continued
which
is
an lnstitute
of Microfinance
based in Kikwit in the Democratic
Republic
of
the Congo.
Mr.
Makabo
states
he
is
writing
to
attest
that
Father Kombo had been the driving
force
in
the conception
and
implementation
of
their
microfinance
project.
The letter explained that
in
2006,
Father
Kombo
had
attended a summit
about
Microfinance
in Canada
in
and met Pancho Otero, one
of the
leading
figures
in Microflnance.
After meeting,
Father Kombo became
good
friends with
Pancho
Otero.
lN
2010,
Father Kombo
brought Pancho
Otero
to
Kikwit in
the
Congo
where they started the
microfinance
project
in
which
the first loan
they
gave
out
was on September
11
,2011.
The letter
explained that
they
ran into some financial
difficulties
in 2013 and to help the microfinance
institute
survive
Father
Kombo
sent
the following
amounts
of money:
January 30, 2013
-
$10,000.00
May14,2013-
$6,000.00
May
20,2013
-
$5,000.00
May
23,2013
-
$9,000.00
and
2
lap
top computers
June
24,2013
-
$5,000.00
October 22,2013
-
$1,500.00
October
25, 2013
-
$1,500.00
November
4,2014 -
$7,000.00
January
11,2014 -
$2,500.00
The total
of
the above amount
of money claimed to have been received
from Father Kombo
is
$47,500.00
plus
the cost of
the two laptop computers. The cost
of
the two computers
was
$946.46
which
would
make the total
value
of
the funds
they
claim
to
have received
from
Father Kombo
to
be
$48,446.46.
Mr. Makobo
stated in
his letter
it
was
known that the funds, a total of
$47,500.00
plus
the
cost
of
the
computers
had to
be refunded
to Father Kombo. Mr. Makobo stated they
had funding lined
up, but
ran
into a delay in
getting
the
funding,
therefore this delayed the refund
to
Father Kombo.
The
letter
goes
on
to state that the institute
received
funding
in
the amount of
$247,000.00
in April
of 2014 and that
today
the Microfinance
lnstitute
has
a'portfolio
of about
$245,000.00.
ln
reviewing
the monthly
bank
statements
for
Honore
Kombo's
Bank
of
America
Checking
Account
#
385010803598 and Savings
Account #385010170221which had been sent to Afflant by Attorney
Paetzold,
it was documented
both of these
accounts
were
in
the name of Honore M. Kombo,
35
Washington Avenue,
Seymour,
CT 06483. This address
is
the same address as
St.
Augustine
Church.
That
according to Attorney Paetzold,
he highlighted
all
the transactions
reflecting money
being sent
/
wired by Father Kombo
to
the
Congo for the microfinance
project.
(This
is
page
17 of a 29
page
Affidavit.)
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Name
(Last,
First, Middle lnitia|
Kombo,
Honore
Affidavit
-
Continued
The items
listed below
were
identified
on
Father Kombo's Bank
of
America
Account Statements
as
reflecting money
being
senUwired to
the
Congo
for
the
microfinance
project.
1128113
-
$10,000.00
wire
transfer from Checking Account #385010803598 to
Credit Ya
Mpa. The
receiving
bank
was
Banque
lnternational Pour LaFrique Au
Congo.
5113113
-
$946.46
-
debit from
Checking Account
#385010803598
-
purchase
made
at
Best
Buy #300
Orange,
CT
-
it
was noted
on the
statement
that
this
was for
purchase
of
2lap
top computers
for
Congo
5113113
-$6,000.00
cash
withdrawal from
Checking
Account #385010803598
5114113
-
$5,000.00
-
wire
transfer
from
Checking Account #385010803598
to
Mukoso Amor. The
receiving
bank
was Banca
Monte
Dei Paschi
5117113
-
$9,000.00
cash
withdrawalfrom Checking
Account #385010803598
5121113
-
$2,125.30
-
debit from
Bank
of
America Checking Account
#385010803598 -
purchase
from
Brussels
Airlines-
highlighted
as airline ticket to Congo to deliver
cash &
lap
top computers.
6118113
-
$4,999.99
-
-
wire
transfer from Checking Account #385010803598
to
Mukoso Amor.
The
receiving bank
was
Banca
Monte Dei
Paschi.
7123113
-
$5,000.00
-
wire
transfer from
Checking
Account
#385010803598
to
Honore Kombo.
The
receiving bank was Banque
lnternational Pour
LaFrique Au Congo.
8113113
-
$6,000.00
-
wire transfer from
Checking Account #385010803598
to
Honore Kombo.
The
receiving bank was
Banque lnternational
Pour LaFrique Au Congo.
8114113
-
$5,630.00
- customer withdrawal
image
-
withdrawal from
Checking
Account
#38501
0803598.
10121113
-
$1
,538.50
-
debit from Bank
of
America Checking Account #385010803598 -
purchase
from
Stop&Shop
-Seymour
10124113
-
$1
,538.50
-
debit from
Bank of America Checking Account
#385010803598
-
purchase
from
Stop&Shop
-Seymour
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(Last,
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Affidavit
-
Continued
10124113
-
$7,000.00
-
wire transfer from
Checking
Account #385010803598
to
Honore Kombo.
The
receiving
bank was
Banque lnternational Pour LaFrique Au Congo.
1110114
-
$2,563.50
-
debit
from
Bank
of America
Checking
Account
#385010803598
-
purchase
from
Stop&Shop
-Seymour
3118114
-
$1
,500.00
-
wire
transfer from Bank
of
America Checking
Account
#385010803598 to
Honore Kombo
-
Account
#77806284785. The receiving bank
was Toronto
Dominion Bank
4122114
-
$9,475.00
-
wire
transfer
into Father Kombo's Bank
of
America Checking
Account
#
385010803598. Money
was sent
by Credit
Ya
Mpa.
The
bank
the
money
was
sent
from was
Societe
Generale.
4124114
-
$8,475.00
-
wire
transfer into
Father Kombo's Bank
of
America
Checking
Account
#
385010803598. Money was sent by Credit Ya Mpa.
The
bank the
money
was
sent
from was
Societe
Generale.
515114
-
$11,400.00
-
Check#239
drawn on Bank
of
America Checking
Account#
385010803598.
Unknown
who
this
check
was
made out
to.
516114
-
$3,300.00
-
cash withdrawal from Bank of
America Checking
Account
#385010803598.
5112114
-
$1
,400.00
-
cash
withdrawal
from Bank of
America Checking
Account
#385010803598.
1130115
-
$10,010.00
-
customer withdrawa
image
-
from Bank
of
America
Checking
Account
#38501
0803598.
The
total of the highlighted
money
which appears on
Father
Kombo's
Bank
of
America bank
statements
as
being identified
as
money being sent/wired to
the
Congo for the
microfinance
project
totals
$94,952.25.
17...Affiant noted that
there
is a
discrepancy
in
the
amount
of
money which
Mr. Makobo claimed
to
have received from Father
Kombo
(448,446.46)
and
what Attorney
Paetzold reports
that
Father
Kombo
had
sentArvired
to the microfinance
project ($94,952.25).
The total of this
difference is
$46,505.79.
18...According to
the
Bank
of
America Account #385010803598
monthly
bank
statement
covering
the
timeperiodof
March27,2014 -April 25,2014,onApril 22,2014andApril
24,2014,CreditYaMpa
(This
is
page
19 of
a
29
page
Affidavit.)
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8/19/2019 Kombo Warrant
20/29
ARREST
WARRANT
APPLICATION
JD-CR-64a
Rev.3-11
C.G.S.
g
54.2a
Pr.
Bk.
Sec.36-1,
36-2,
36-3
STATE OF
CONNECTICUT
SUPERIOR COURT
www.jud.ct.gov
Name
flast
First
Geooraohical
Area'number 5
ombo,
Honore
Affidavit
-
Continued
send
a
wire
transfer of money into
Father Kombo's
personal
Bank of
America Checking
Account
#385010803598.
The amounts
of
money
deposited
in
Father
Kombo's account as
a result
of
these
money
wires were
$9,475.00
and
$8,475.00
respectively for
a
tota amount
of
$17,950.00
being
refunded
back
to
Father
Kombo.
That
Father
Kombo never reimbursed
this
money
to any
of
the St.
Augustine
Church accounts.
19...Affiant
did during
the course
of
this investigation obtained bank
records for Honore
Kombo's
Bank
of America
Checking Account
# 385010803598. That according to the
Bank
of
America
Account
#385010803598
monthly
bank statement covering the time
period
of
April
26,2013
through
May
28,
2013, on
May
9,2013 a transaction which is Iisted as a counter credit
in
the
amount
of
$27,800.00
was
deposited into
this account. That Affiant
was
provided
with a copy of the deposit
slip
dated 51912013
containing Honore Kombo's
information which listed two checks being deposited.
One check was
in
the amount of
$27,600.00
and the other was a check
in
the amount of
$200.00.
Affiant was
provided
with copies
of
the two
checks. The check
in
the amount of
$27,600.00
was a
TD
Bank Check
H0439498-5
and was
dated
51912013
and was made
payable
to
Rev. Honore
Kombo. The
back of thi
check
appeared
to be endorsed with the known
signature
of Honore
Kombo.
As
previously
explained i
this
affidavit, on May
g,
2013, this TD Bank
check H0439498-5
in
the amount
of
$27,600.00
made ou
to
Father Kombo was
drawn on
TD
Bank
Account 428-0635421.
This
TD Bank Account 428-0635421
was opened on May 6, 2013
by Father Kombo. This was 3 days
prior
to the checks
date. Father
Kombo admitted
to
Detective
Romagna and Affiant that he had deposited
$68,716.88,
the
proceeds
of
an annuity
left
to St. Augustine
Church by deceased St. Augustine Church
parishioner
Frank
Genio
into
this account.
20...That
Affiant
did obtain
a search and seizure warrant to obtain
the records
for Banking Records for
Honore
Kombo's
Bank of
America
Checking
Account #
385010803598.
This
search
warrant was
served on Bank of America
and resulted
in
obtaining about
1,400
pages
of bank
record
covering the
dates
of December
29,201to
August 26,2015.
21 ...According
to
Bank
of
America
Checking Account
#
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