The thread started by someone else that was asking about "Local Needs" talks that are given and the people who need to hear them are never there, got me to thinking.
I remember an elder giving a talk on local needs on "Praising Jehovah with Your Valuable Things." .......This was the same brother who everyone in the hall knew had just bought a new Lincoln Town Car. His wife was a regular pioneer, and he would not allow the car do be driven out in service. She was only allowed to drive their older car in F.S. This congregation was relatively poor, and he was not wealthy, but was better off than most in the congregation.
Another elder in a hall I attended gave a talk about lending money and paying back loans especially among brothers..........He was indicted within a year for swindling people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in an investment scheme. He ended up going to prison. He was doing this while giving talks to the rest of us about not taking advantage of one another, and paying back what is owed. BTW- many of his victims were elderly witnesses. Oddly enough, the P.O. was able to get his money back in the nick of time, just before he was DF'd and the police arrested him.
Do you have any examples? Please post.