Oregon company that promised to ship custom-made brewing products defrauded 23 businesses of nearly $900K - oregonlive.com

In 2014, Matthew Mulder co-founded the Bend-based WeCan Brewing Systems that offered microbrew systems, keg washers and other industrial brewing products to customers across the country. WeCan Brewing, though, began falling behind on its orders just a few years after it started operations, according to court records.U.S. Attorney's Office

A Bend business owner who promised to sell custom-made brewery equipment to 23 businesses across the United States but took their money and never shipped the products was sentenced Tuesday to nearly two years in federal prison.

Matthew Mulder, 52, also was ordered to pay $887,116 in restitution. He pleaded guilty in April to four counts of wire fraud and three counts of mail fraud.

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