ESTILL, S.C. – Former Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown is in prison. She turned herself in to federal authorities Wednesday morning to begin serving a 10-month prison sentence.
Brown documented her morning on social media, sharing that her final hours of freedom were spent eating breakfast with family at Waffle House.
She was sentenced in September after pleading guilty to wire fraud conspiracy involving fraudulent applications for COVID-19 relief loans. Federal prosecutors say Brown and her two daughters fraudulently obtained more than $146,000 through the pandemic relief programs.
In her social media video, she said to her supporters in part, “I see all the text messages. All the phone calls.”
Brown’s daughters were both sentenced to probation and home detention for their part in the COVID relief scam. Brown has filed an appeal of her sentence.
