Yegishe Nazaryan, a former owner of the Corvallis Cannabis Club, was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in federal prison for his role in a bank fraud of more than $2.5 million that helped finance his state-licensed marijuana retail store and two illegal grows.

U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane struggled to understand the motivation behind Nazaryan’s substantial fraud, noting he didn’t suffer from a drug addiction, mental health problems or chaotic childhood. Instead, he had been educated as a veterinarian in his home country of Armenia before immigrating to the United States.