A former world-class sprinter from Elmont was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for leading schemes to steal nearly $2 million in pandemic business relief and supply banned drugs to Olympic athletes.

Dewayne Barrett, 43, was also ordered to serve 1 year of probation, plus pay forfeiture of $96,500 and restitution estimated to be $1.9 million.

He pleaded guilty in May in Manhattan federal court to one count of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit major international doping fraud, to adulterate and misbrand drugs and to introduce them into interstate commerce.

Barrett is among at least 31 Long Islanders charged with defrauding pandemic-era programs that include the Paycheck Protection Program loans, COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans, the Employee Retention Credit and several ot

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