AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - The U.S. Department of Justice says 8 people were indicted on 26 charges for fraud schemes and tax matters.

That includes the founder of the House of Prayer, Rony Denis, who lives in that home, and was taken into custody Wednesday morning.

He is now in the Jefferson County jail.

The FBI is releasing more information about these arrests.

“The indictment represents the culmination of years of investigative work," said Brian Ozden, assistant special agent in charge for the FBI-Atlanta division.

Court documents show the FBI has been looking into the House of Prayer founder, Rony Denis, since as early as July 1983.

Three years ago, FBI agents raided the House of Prayer churches in Hinesville and Hephzibah as part of a fraud investigation.

Investigators allege that c

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