{"id":149756,"date":"2023-11-15T08:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T13:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149756"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T21:06:45","slug":"mayors-fraud-from-51-to-0-veteran-owned-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149756","title":{"rendered":"Mayor&#8217;s Fraud &#8211; From 51% to 0% Veteran-Owned Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-149776 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mayor-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mayor-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mayor-500x283.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/mayor.jpg 764w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe mayor of Eastpointe (Michigan) pleaded &#8216;No Contest&#8217; for fraud in connection with a false claim of operating a veteran-owned business &#8211; named &#8216;Naturally Funny Talent Agency.&#8217; Monique Owens never served in the military but falsely claimed her business was 51% veteran-owned.<\/p>\n<p>The judge sentenced Owens to six months non-reporting probation and 100 hours of community service at a nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/eastpointe-mayor-gets-6-months-probation-for-small-business-fraud-with-10k-covid-money\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/eastpointe-mayor-gets-6-months-probation-for-small-business-fraud-with-10k-covid-money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/region\/macomb-county\/you-are-a-disappointment-to-our-community-eastpointe-mayor-sentenced-for-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/region\/macomb-county\/you-are-a-disappointment-to-our-community-eastpointe-mayor-sentenced-for-fraud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2023\/11\/09\/eastpointe-mayor-sentenced-to-6-months-probation-in-covid-fraud-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2023\/11\/09\/eastpointe-mayor-sentenced-to-6-months-probation-in-covid-fraud-case\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149777 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-1-500x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-1-500x245.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-1-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-1.png 1315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-149780 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-2-500x244.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-2-500x244.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-2-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-2-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/owens-2.png 818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Six months non-reporting probation sounds like a real deterrent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of Eastpointe (Michigan) pleaded &#8216;No Contest&#8217; 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