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Portland Man Sentenced For COVID Relief Fraud

(Portland, OR) -- A Portland man has been sentenced to federal prison for fentanyl distribution and stealing COVID-relief money. 33-year-old Yuriy Vasilchuk pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit Oxycodone pills. When he was arrested, police found 88 pills in the stolen car he was driving. He also applied to the Paycheck Protection Program and received 32-thousand dollars. Vasilchuk illegally stated that he had not been convicted or pleaded guilty to a felony. Vasilchuk was sentenced to three years in prison and was ordered to pay nearly 33-thousand dollars restitution to the Small Business Administration.

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