Former Bend business owner swindled customers out of more than $880k

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A man who previously owned a Bend-based microbrewery equipment company has been sentenced for swindling customers out of more than $880,000.

A judge sentenced Matthew Mulder to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon reported. The 52-year-old man must also pay his victims $887,116 in restitution.

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