An East Bay man has been given a prison sentence for fraudulently obtaining federal pandemic relief funds for a business that was an illegal marijuana distribution operation. Thanh Duy Nguyen, a 53-year-old resident of Brentwood, was sentenced to 37 months for his role in misrepresenting his business to secure approximately $300,000 in COVID-19 relief loans, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.