Matthew Kaplan, the owner of  the furniture store M. Kaplan Interiors in Malvern, was sentenced to 6 to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to deceptive business practices and related charges.

Kaplan, 37, of Rydal, Pa., owned a furniture store and defrauded dozens of victims who ordered and paid for furniture that they never received. As a part of his sentence, Kaplan is required to pay back $530,203.92 of restitution to all the victims. As of the date of sentencing on Jan. 29, he had paid back $120,000, according to the Chester County’s District Attorney’s Office.

“The victims chose to buy from the defendant because they wanted to support a local business,” said Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe. “Instead of rewarding them with an excellent product, the defendant took money from the victims knowing his business would never be able to deliver on the furniture that they ordered.”