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A Lebanon man was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday, Jan. 6, after reportedly stealing millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds.

Andrew Aaron Lloyd, 51, also received five years’ supervised release and was ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution and forfeit 25 properties and some 15,000 shares of Tesla, Inc. stock, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office - District of Oregon.

Lloyd, the agency reported, took advantage of Small Business Administration-administered economic relief programs, including Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and the Paycheck Pr...