Pastor “ordained by the Lord” launches “wealth transfer” cryptocurrency to “benefit believers” and is now under investigation

How regrettable it is to see members of the body of Christ (His Church) involved in acts that cast doubt on our faith before unbelievers. By this I mean that many people’s excuse for not attending a local church is that there are many hypocrites in the church, and this is based on cases similar to that of Pastor Eligio Peter Regalado, who, together with his wife, faces 40 criminal charges in Colorado County for promoting a cryptocurrency created under the manipulation that it was “inspired by a divine instruction.”

What is INDXcoin?

The coin is named “INDXcoin”. It has been reported that Pastor Eligio and his wife, Kaitlyn Marie Regalado, raised some $3.5 million between January 2022 and July 2023 alone. Most concerning is that the largest investors have been Christians. Here we must pause: many believers are easily manipulated, since any mystic comes and tells them that this is a divine plan, and there they are donating their car, their pension fund, or buying these fake cryptocurrencies.

The prosperity gospel in disguise

In the details from the Denver District Attorney’s Office we see once again the prosperity gospel, but on a larger scale. These promoters claim that the coin is a mechanism of “wealth transfer ordained by God Himself to benefit the finances of believers.” Pastor Eligio asserted that it was God who spoke to him about this project through revelations in 2021.

A fraud wrapped in religious language

Many of the complaints indicate that nearly $2 million were used for personal matters of the pastor and his wife. And yes, it is regrettable to see how thousands of believers lose their money simply by having faith in things that are not biblical. Dear believer, God has not promised to multiply your income. He has not promised that if you give Him 10, He will give you 100. That is a tremendous fallacy that only leads you to give your money to a man whose goal is to enrich himself.

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