of a large North Nashville church is accused of being part of a massive and ongoing "fraud scheme" to steal more than $200 million from a major drug manufacturer.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates has learned that Jerry Maynard Jr., along with his father, Jerry Maynard Sr., and sister, Misha Maynard, are among the defendants named in a federal civil lawsuit filed last week by drug company Eli Lilly.
They are accused of being part of an operation that bought "enormous quantities" of the diabetes drug, Trulicity, over at least the last five years, and then turned in hundreds of thousands of drug rebate claims for the drug, according to the lawsuit, for "fictional" patients, supposedly members of the Church of God In Christ, a Pentecostal denomination.
Maynard Jr., who once served as a Metro councilman at-large and has run a high-profile lobbying and business consulting firm, is the longtime Senior Pastor at the Cathedral of Praise, located off Clarksville Pike. According to its website, the church is part of the Church in God in Christ denomination.
Maynard's father serves as Bishop of the church. His sister Misha is the church's COO and pastor of operations. (read it all)
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