Premium Content Subscriber only Police say a former council hopeful was living a lavish lifestyle before he was charged with ripping $167,000 off swimming pool customers. Brad Murray Evans' bid for freedom was shut down at Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Wednesday when he was refused bail on 12 fraud charges on the grounds that he was a "flight risk". The court heard 12 people, between Logan and Mackay, complained to police that they had provided money to Mr Evans, 32, who allegedly failed to deliver on his promise of a new pool. Brad Evans. The most recent complaint came from a Pomona resident on Wednesday morning when two new charges were laid.