Just seven days after being released from prison for a previous bank robbery, police say the Macon man walked into a bank to commit the same crime again. He's now been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison.
MACON — A middle Georgia resident with a lengthy criminal history, convicted by a federal jury for his second bank robbery offense, was sentenced to serve more than 17 years
A Georgia man, Vinath Oudomsine, 31, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to Wire Fraud. Oudomsine lied to a government loan program that was set up to provide covid disaster relief, claiming he ran an 'entertainment services' business with 10 employees during the pandemic, and received a loan of $85,000 in August 2020.Five months after receiving the loan, in January 2021, Oudomsine spent $57,789 of the money on a first-edition shiny Charizard card from the Pokémon TCG.Oudomsine's claim was subsequently investigated and. a wild Federal prosecutor appeared! As well as the prison sentence, he has to pay a $10,000 fine and restitution of the full $85,000. Per the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia "Oudomsine agreed to forfeit the Pokémon card—'Charizard'—as part of the prosecution."“COVID-19 disaster relief loan