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Man jailed after spending £44,000 of COVID disaster relief on a Pokémon card

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COVID disaster relief on a rare Pokémon card.Vinath Oudomsine allegedly lied to a US government loan program set up to provide funds to businesses affected by COVID-19.

He claimed he ran an entertainment services business with ten employees and a turnover of $235,000 (£179,200). He subsequently received a loan of $85,000 (£64,800) in August 2020, however prosecutors said there was no such business.Five months later, he spent $57,789 (£44,000) of the money on a first-edition shiny Charizard Pokémon card.After pleading guilty to Wire Fraud, Oudomsine was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison.

He also has to pay back the loan in its entirety and has been fined an additional $10,000 (£7,600)To make matters worse, the shiny Pokémon card has been seized by the US Government and will eventually be auctioned off.Speaking to the NY Times, Xavier A.

Cunningham, an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of Georgia, said: “Our more typical criminal would use the money to buy real estate and cars, boats, planes.”“I would say a Pokémon card is a quite novel scenario.

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