Sun-Sentinel: Marlon Bolton’s Church Receives COVID-relief money for 12 employees. But State Has no Record of Workers

The Sun-Sentinel reports today:

A Tamarac city commissioner’s church received more than $36,000 in federal loans that are meant to help struggling workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, but public records show the church might not have qualified for the money.

Tamarac Commissioner Marlon Bolton is the president and pastor of the Praise Experience World Outreach Church, situated in a North Lauderdale strip shopping center on State Road 7.

Bolton’s church received a $25,300 loan on May 1, 2020, and another $11,000 on March 3, 2021, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, which tracks loan data from the federal Paycheck Protection Program, also known as PPP. For each loan, 12 employees were reported.

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