Macon Business Owners Pocketed More Than $2M Through Covid Loan Fraud, Indictment Says
Friday, September 20th, 2024
A Macon business owner has been accused of defrauding the COVID-19 pandemic relief program by seeking more than $2 million, according to his indictment unsealed this week.
The indictment accused James Frank Austin Jr., who established the Austin Smith Center for Community Development, of bank fraud, money laundering and conspiring to commit wire fraud. Rosalend Way was indicted alongside Austin on two counts of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
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