{"id":107425,"date":"2022-12-15T08:22:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnoticias.com.mx\/Portal\/2022\/12\/15\/arrestan-a-padre-e-hijo-por-estafar-8-millones-de-ayuda-federal-por-covid\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T08:22:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:22:22","slug":"arrestan-a-padre-e-hijo-por-estafar-8-millones-de-ayuda-federal-por-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rnoticias.com.mx\/Portal\/2022\/12\/15\/arrestan-a-padre-e-hijo-por-estafar-8-millones-de-ayuda-federal-por-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrestan a padre e hijo por estafar 8 millones de ayuda federal por COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Un padre y su hijo pertenecientes a un supuesto ministerio religioso fueron arrestados este mi&eacute;rcoles en&nbsp;<strong>New Smyrna Beach (Florida, EU)<\/strong>&nbsp;por el cargo de fraude bancario, tras solicitar en 2020 un pr&eacute;stamo de ayuda federal por la&nbsp;<strong>COVID-19 de 8.4 millones<\/strong>&nbsp;de d&oacute;lares mediante documentos falsos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joshua Edwards<\/strong>&nbsp;y su hijo,<strong>&nbsp;Evan Edwards<\/strong>, que pertenec&iacute;an a un supuesto grupo religioso comparecieron hoy en un tribunal del condado de Volusia, en la costa oeste de Florida, acusados de los cargos de &#8220;conspiraci&oacute;n para cometer fraude bancario y declaraci&oacute;n falsa a una instituci&oacute;n bancaria&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>El padre, que dec&iacute;a ser pastor, hab&iacute;a fundado el grupo&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;ASLAN International Ministry&#8221;<\/strong>, una supuesta iglesia sin fines de lucro que recibi&oacute; 8.4 millones de d&oacute;lares tras aplicar para pr&eacute;stamos federales PPP (&#8220;Programa de protecci&oacute;n de n&oacute;minas&#8221; en ingl&eacute;s), recogi&oacute; el canal Local 6.<\/p>\n<p>Seg&uacute;n los documentos a los que tuvo acceso el citado canal,&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"font: inherit !important;color: inherit !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: none !important;background-image: initial !important;background-position: initial !important;background-size: initial !important;background-repeat: initial !important;background-attachment: initial !important;background-color: #1abc9c\">se trataba de un ministerio fraudulento y&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font: inherit !important;color: inherit !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: none !important;background-image: initial !important;background-position: initial !important;background-size: initial !important;background-repeat: initial !important;background-attachment: initial !important;background-color: #1abc9c\">Joshua<\/span><span style=\"font: inherit !important;color: inherit !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: none !important;background-image: initial !important;background-position: initial !important;background-size: initial !important;background-repeat: initial !important;background-attachment: initial !important;background-color: #1abc9c\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font: inherit !important;color: inherit !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: none !important;background-image: initial !important;background-position: initial !important;background-size: initial !important;background-repeat: initial !important;background-attachment: initial !important;background-color: #1abc9c\">Edwards<\/span><span style=\"font: inherit !important;color: inherit !important;margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: none !important;background-image: initial !important;background-position: initial !important;background-size: initial !important;background-repeat: initial !important;background-attachment: initial !important;background-color: #1abc9c\">&nbsp;&#8220;us&oacute; documentos fabricados o falsos&#8221; para obtener ese dinero.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Los documentos legales presentados en el&nbsp;<strong>Tribunal del Distrito Medio de Florida, en Orlando<\/strong>, muestran que las cosas comenzaron a desmoronarse para la familia Edwards cuando intentaron comprar una casa de&nbsp;<strong>3.1 millones de d&oacute;lares&nbsp;<\/strong>cerca de la propiedad de&nbsp;<strong>Disney World en Symphony Grove Drive<\/strong>, en el centro del estado.<\/p>\n<p>En la organizaci&oacute;n del ministerio religioso, fundado en&nbsp;<strong>Ohio en 2005<\/strong>, figuraban tambi&eacute;n otros miembros de la familia en puestos de direcci&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p>La familia huy&oacute; a Canad&aacute; cuando el Servicio Secreto de EU comenz&oacute; su investigaci&oacute;n sobre el<strong>&nbsp;&#8220;ministerio fraudulento&#8221;<\/strong>. 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