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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