The ASLAN International Ministry was approved for an $8.4 million PPP loan. Then the faith-based charity — whose mission was to “communicate Christian love in doctrine and service to the poor” — tried to buy a $3.7 million luxury home near Walt Disney World.
After authorities began investigating the ministry in late 2020, they discovered that the family had filed claims about the organization and their needs that the authorities alleged were false, meant to scam the government out of millions in covid relief funds.
In fact, nearly everything the pastor and his son wrote in the PPP application was a lie, according to an indictment from federal authorities.
Evan Edwards, 64, and Josh Edwards, 30, were arrested Wednesday at their home in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., after prosecutors said the family defrauded the government out of $8.4 million in PPP loans. The arrests came months after an NBC News report questioned why they had not been charged…
