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Posted on 08/27/2025 12:17:03 PM PDT by Red Badger
In yet another incident in which a supposed public servant has stolen immense amounts of taxpayer funding in a corruption scheme, Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown has been indicted by a federal grand jury over a scheme that saw her and her daughters pilfering well over $120,000 in Covid relief funds, using the money to fund luxury purchases. Brown is running for re-election despite the scandal.
As background, the relief funding handed out by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic has become infamous for the vast amount of fraud spawned by it. Tim Walz’s Minnesota, for instance, saw one of the largest cases of relief fraud ever, and the Paycheck Protection Program was notoriously misused by faux entrepreneurs who just wanted a quick check from the government.
Amongst those implicated in the Covid-era fraud was Tiawana Brown and her daughters, as the US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina announced in late May, saying, “A federal grand jury in Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging Tiawana Brown, 53, and her daughters, Tijema Brown, 30, and Antionette Rouse, 33, all of Charlotte, with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with fraudulent applications filed to falsely obtain COVID pandemic relief funds, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.”
Continuing, the statement described what her scheme allegedly was, providing, “According to allegations in the indictment, between April 2020 and September 2021, the defendants conspired to execute a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and obtain COVID pandemic relief funds for their purported businesses, through the submission of loan applications that contained false information or false documentation.”
Further, the statement noted that the fraudulent requests for money included everything from false statements to faked tax records, noting, “It is alleged that the false documentation generally included fake and fraudulent tax forms, among other misrepresentations. It is further alleged that the defendants submitted false statements to obtain forgiveness of the PPP loans.”
All in all, that meant the three allegedly stole over $124,000 over 15 different applications for relief funding, a massive fraud scheme. “In total, the defendants allegedly submitted at least 15 applications for EIDL or PPP funds and falsely obtained at least $124,165 in connection with their scheme to defraud,” the statement provided.
They then used the fraudulently obtained money to pay for things like a birthday blowout, luxury handbags, and the like. The statement noted, “The indictment also alleges that the EIDL and PPP funds were deposited into bank accounts controlled by the defendants. Instead of using the pandemic relief funds to pay for qualifying expenses as purported in the loan applications, the defendants allegedly used the proceeds on personal expenses, including allegedly approximately $15,000 on a personal birthday party for Tiawana Brown.”
Concluding, the statement noted that they face decades in prison, providing, “The defendants are charged with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud. If convicted, they face maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each offense charged in the indictment. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence imposed after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.”
Despite having been caught using taxpayer money to buy things like Louis Vuitton handbags, Brown has decided to run for City Council again. Releasing a video announcing as much in mid-July, she said, “I’m excited to just stand in solidarity for those of you that don’t normally have the regular voice at city council. Thank you for being with me … during the storm.”
Watch her comment on her platform here:
VIDEO AT LINK.......................
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All these cases have something in common, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
Nor do you want to...............😏
” Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown “
Conceived during a weekend in Northern Mexico?
I got drunk once in TJ.....................
Surprised you remembered...
😳
Tiawana Brown, I am stumped. I should have paid more attention in skool.
James must of been really drunk that night.
You might lose that finger!.................. 😁
From the Fed, to the states, to the cities and counties, government corruption in every damn direction!
DEI has been very cruel to black women. Before DEI black women were held in high esteem because of their wisdom and soul. After DEI black women can be profiled as dishonest, selfish, vain, diva, conceited, greedy and stupid. The First Wookie is a perfect example of post DEI black woman.
“”” Brown is running for re-election despite the scandal. “”
They have no shame.
If thrown out of office, she can always drive a Tiawana Taxi.
Charlotte has returned a criminal indictment charging council member Tiawana
Brown, 53, and her daughters, Tijema Brown, 30, and Antionette Rouse, 33,
<><>with wire fraud conspiracy
<><>and wire fraud
<><>and filing fraudulent applications to falsely obtain COVID pandemic relief funds.
According to allegations in the indictment, between
April 2020 and September 2021, the three defendants
<><>conspired to execute a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administration’s (SBA)
<><>te Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program
<><>and its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
<><>to obtain COVID pandemic relief funds for their purported businesses,
<><>they submitted loan applications that contained false information or false documentation.
<><>fraudulent requests for public money
<><>included a range of false statements to faked tax records,
<><>alleged that the false documentation generally included fake and fraudulent tax forms,
<><>among other misrepresentations.
<><>the defendants later submitted false statements to obtain forgiveness of the PPP loans.
The three allegedly stole over $124,000 over 15 different applications for public relief funding, a massive fraud scheme. “In total, the defendants allegedly submitted at least 15 applications for EIDL or PPP funds and falsely obtained at least $124,165 in connection with their scheme to defraud,” the statement provided.
They then used the fraudulently obtained money to pay for things like a birthday blowout, luxury handbags, and the like. The statement noted, “The indictment also alleges that the EIDL and PPP funds were deposited into bank accounts controlled by the defendants.
Instead of using the pandemic relief funds to pay for qualifying expenses as purported in the loan applications, the defendants allegedly used the proceeds on personal expenses, including allegedly approximately $15,000 on a personal birthday party for Tiawana Brown.”
Concluding, the statement noted that they face decades in prison.
....let me help you....!! “Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown....”.....Tiawana is close to Hiawatha, so she is obviously a Native American.....!!
Too many people go into politics for being able to fleece the taxpayers of money to finance their lavish lifestyles without working.
Any politician ever caught with his or her hand in the till should be immediately booted from office and remain ineligible from ever holding office again anywhere, at any level, even to dog catcher.
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