Randall Layne Pardue, pastor of a local unnamed church, and Cary Alan Burdette, an attorney with a practice in the Trussville area, booked into jail

Jefferson County pastor and Trussville attorney have been arrested for allegedly selling phony securities to investors, the Alabama Securities Commission said Monday.Randall Layne Pardue, a Pinson resident and pastor of a local unnamed church, and Cary Alan Burdette, an attorney with a practice in the Trussville area, were recently booked into the Jefferson County Jail and indicted for unlawfully conducting securities business without a proper license, according to ASC.“It is alleged that numerous investors have been affected by the two men’s actions,” the agency said in a written statement.Burdette turned himself in and was released on $100,000 bond. He was charged with 13 counts of fraud, four counts of theft of property, and one count each of sale of a security by an unregistered agent and sale of an unregistered security.Pardue was arrested by Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies earlier this month and was later released on $5,000 bond. He was charged with seven counts of fraud, theft of property and one count each of sale of an unregistered security and sale of a security by an unregistered agent.