KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 ― A man from Georgia, United States, has been charged with using Covid-19 pandemic relief loan to buy a Pokemon card for US$57,000 .
Associated Press reported that court papers showed the man in Dublin, about 209 kilometres southeast of Atlanta, was charged with lying about the number of people his business employed and the company’s gross revenue on an application for a pandemic economic relief loan.Prosecutors said the man had received US$85,000 in August last year, and used US$57,789 to buy the Pokemon card in January.Collectors have been bidding up prices for trading cards, video games and other mementos.
Oudomsine claimed he was the sole owner of a business that brought in US$235,000 in a 12-month span and had 10 employees. He was given the loan on August 4, 2020 and bought the card five months later on or around January 8.This was not the first report of someone falsely obtaining Covid relief funds and spending the money lavishly.actor Maurice Fayne, also known as Arkansas Mo, was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison for charges involving a fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan application.
Prosecutors said he spent money supposed to be used to retain workers for his business on past due child support, US$85,000 on custom jewellery and US$136,000 to lease a Rolls-Royce.