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TexasTowelie

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Wed Mar 17, 2021, 09:08 PM Mar 2021

Ex-mayoral candidate blew $323,000 COVID loan on Georgia home -- and new pool, feds say

In 2017, Olivia Ware promoted herself as a community leader, entrepreneur and CEO while running for mayor in a city {Conyers} just outside of Atlanta.

Now the 61-year-old is accused of buying an in-ground pool with money she reportedly scammed from a federal COVID-19 relief program.

Ware was charged in federal court Tuesday with bank fraud and money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Georgia said in a news release.

“Ware tried to defraud the government out of money meant to help small businesses affected by the pandemic continue operations and take care of their employees,” Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger said in the release. “Instead of helping others through a difficult time as the money was intended, she used the money for personal gain.”

Read more: https://www.macon.com/news/nation-world/national/article249984799.html

Fox News wasted no time covering the story. The fact that Ms. Ware is a black woman had nothing to do with their diligent reporting.

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Ex-mayoral candidate blew $323,000 COVID loan on Georgia home -- and new pool, feds say (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP
I'm glad the misuse of PPE funds is being SharonClark Mar 2021 #1
Aren't most pool installers small locally owned businesses? bluedigger Mar 2021 #2
Crooks are Crooks and Get No Sympathy From Me Regardless of Fox's Treatment Indykatie Mar 2021 #3
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