Evan Edwards, 64, and his son, Josh, 30, were taken into custody five months after an NBC News report raised questions over why they hadn’t been charged in the alleged scam, which federal prosecutors first identified in court papers in December 2020.A review of the ministry’s website found that the donation links were inactive and sections of text were apparently lifted from other religious sites, according to the complaint.Evan and Josh Edwards knew that ASLAN's actual number of employees and actual monthly payroll expenses were "significantly lower, or entirely nonexistent," says the indictment prosecutors filed in the Middle District of Florida.The two men, who are originally from Canada, were hit with a total of six charges, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and visa fraud.Six months later, in April 2021, a federal judge in Florida ordered the forfeiture of the $8.4 million the Edwards family had received after the government claimed that it was the proceeds from bank fraud and money laundering offenses."