If the Pokémon cards are dedicated to children, they can sell very expensive to collectors. And some are willing to break the law to get the card of their dreams…
Before being a cartoon, Pokémon was an ultra-popular game series with young people, like Fortnite today. And among its many derivative products, there is a series of playing cards. Today they are at the heart of a bizarre but very real story. The story takes place in Georgia, in the United States, in October 2021. Vinath Oudomsine, 31, was caught by the courts for having defrauded social assistance and having offered himself a Pokémon card.
The entrepreneur had manipulated his business income in order to receive $85,000 from the state. This boost was supposed to bail out his business and compensate for the losses due to COVID 19. But Oudomsine preferred to treat himself to an extremely rare Pokémon card, a Charizard published in 1999. This almost untraceable edition is a real nugget for collectors. The contractor sunk $57,789 in his purchase; a textbook case of fraud!
The card sold at auction
For his misdeed, Oudomsine was sentenced to 3 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. In addition, his Pokémon card has been seized by the courts and will be resold at auction. This fraud is the latest in a long line of COVID bounty scams in the USA. All it takes is a PC to send in their request for assistance and their falsified declaration of assets. Alas, crime does not pay…
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3 years in prison for buying… a Pokémon card
And among its many derivative products, there is a series of playing cards.
©Pixabay
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3 years in prison for buying… a Pokémon card
The story takes place in Georgia, in the United States, in October 2021. Vinath Oudomsine, 31, was caught by the courts for having defrauded social assistance and having offered himself a Pokémon card.
©Pixabay
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3 years in prison for buying… a Pokémon card
The entrepreneur had manipulated his business income in order to receive $85,000 from the state.
©Pixabay
6/6 –
3 years in prison for buying… a Pokémon card
This boost was supposed to bail out his business and compensate for the losses due to COVID 19. But Oudomsine preferred to treat himself to an extremely rare Pokémon card, a Charizard published in 1999.