Georgia Man Accused Of Spending $57,000 On Pokemon Card With Covid Relief Money

The federal prosecutors have accused a Vinath Oudomsine, from Dublin, Georgia of utilizing greater than two-thirds of his COVID-19 reduction mortgage to pay for a Pokemon card.

He was charged with one depend of wire fraud on Oct. 19, Tuesday after the federal government reported that he lied about what number of staff he had and the income his enterprise generated in an utility for an Financial Damage Catastrophe Mortgage(EIDL), through the pandemic.

In response to the costs filed within the Southern District of Georgia, Oudomsine submitted an utility for an EIDL in July 2020 on behalf of a enterprise he stated has been in operation since 2018.

The appliance acknowledged that his enterprise had 10 staff and gross income of $235,000 over 12 months. Because of this, prosecutors stated, the Small Enterprise Administration awarded Oudomsine an $85,000 mortgage on Aug. 4.

As a substitute, he spent the majority of the mortgage quantity—$57,789—on a single Pokémon card. The id of this card, sadly, is unknown, however sure uncommon and helpful Pokemon playing cards can promote for hundreds of {dollars}.

The cost carries a most sentence of as much as 20 years in federal jail and $250,000 in fines, although the precise sentence is often far much less.

The Telegraph reviews that protection legal professionals issued an announcement declining to speak concerning the case.

Supply: Kotaku, The Telegraph