Man Who Used Covid Funds on $57,000 Pokémon Card Gets 3 Years in Prison

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Associated Press story dated March 8, 2022, carried on NBC News and headed Man who used Covid funds on $57,000 Pokémon card gets 3 years in prison. It reports that Vinath Oudomsine of Dublin, Georgia, was sentenced to three years in prison after illegally obtaining a coronavirus relief loan and using more than $57,000 of the money to buy a collectable Pokémon card. The story says he pleaded guilty in October to a single count of wire fraud, and prosecutors said he gave false information to the SBA about employees and annual revenues for an entertainment services business. Prosecutors said he received $85,000 and bought the card for $57,789.

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3/30/22, 12:20 PM Man who used Covid funds on $57,000 Pokémon card gets 3 years in prison

Vinath Oudomsine of Dublin, Georgia, received $85,000 from the loan program, prosecutors said, and

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March 8, 2022, 10:49 AM EST / Source: Associated Press

By The Associated Press

DUBLIN, Ga. — A Georgia man was sentenced to three years in prison after illegally obtaining a
coronavirus relief loan and using more than $57,000 of the money to buy a collectable Pokémon
card, authorities said Monday.

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Vinath Oudomsine of Dublin, Georgia, agreed to forfeit the costly trading card, which featured
the Pokémon character Charizard, as part of a plea agreement, acting U.S. Attorney David Estes
of the Southern District of Georgia said in a news release.

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3/30/22, 12:20 PM Man who used Covid funds on $57,000 Pokémon card gets 3 years in prison
Oudomsine, 31, pleaded guilty in October to a single count of wire fraud. Prosecutors said in a
legal filing that he submitted false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration last year
when applying for a Covid-19 relief loan for an “entertainment services” business he claimed to
own. They said he lied about how many people he employed as well as his business’ annual
revenues.

Oudomsine received $85,000 from the loan program, prosecutors said, and used it to buy a

Pokémon trading card for $57,789.

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