The family used some the money to try buying a luxury home at the Four Seasons residential community at Disney World, prosecutors said.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Family members who ran a sham ministry have been charged with defrauding the federal government of COVID-19 relief funds in a scheme to buy a $3.7 million luxury home in a development at Walt Disney World, authorities said.
An online docket for the federal court in central Florida didn’t list an attorney Thursday who could speak on behalf of the Edwardses in their criminal case. The civil judgment named two other family members who weren’t charged criminally. The family resides in New Smyrna Beach, about 15 miles south of Daytona Beach.
According to the criminal indictment, the proceeds of the loan obtained through the Paycheck Protection Program could be used only for payroll costs, health care benefits, rent or interest payments on debt in order to keep a business afloat during the worse period of the pandemic.
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