Pokémon Trading Card Game cards became an object of desire and ambition during the pandemic period, and their sudden increase in value led some to commit crimes in order to access and trade them online. Unfortunately, this does not stop and the worst thing is that it is something that already happens internally, as revealed by a case that just came to light.
A SUBJECT STOLE RARE POKÉMON CARDS DIRECTLY FROM THE PRINTING PRESS
A report from Polygon shared details about an apparent theft of a significant number of cards from Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Fusion Strike. It all started with a publication on reddit where the loot is shown on a table, it is about lots of rare cards from the Fusion Strike series loose, not in packages, which were about to be sold to the highest bidder but that was only intended because the negotiations led to the relevant investigations and arrests.
According to the information, a subject contacted the Trading Card World store in Texas, United States, claiming to have many rare Fusion Strike cards waiting to be negotiated. The first warning sign was that they were loose pieces, which led those responsible for the business to think that it was impossible that someone had invested a lot of money to buy packages, open them and collect the rare cards so it must really be a theft.
THE POKÉMON COMPANY DIDN'T KNOW THE FATE OF THE CARDS UNTIL THE THIEF TRIED TO SELL THEM
Those responsible for the store contacted The Pokémon Company and the company asked them to follow the intention of the seller and make an appointment with him to buy the cards. The company sent a private investigator and with the evidence collected confirmed that they were thousands of cards from Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Fusion Strike that were stolen directly from the printing press where they are manufactured, hence they were pieces that never reached a package.
According to Trading Card World co-founder Scott Emer, The Pokémon Company asked him to handle the matter with complete discretion while the investigation was conducted. They later confirmed that they knew the cards were stolen from the printing press but did not know their destination until the thief revealed himself trying to sell them. Then, the company confirmed to Emer that this person was already detained by the police and now he will have to face the law and everything that The Pokémon Company puts against him so he will probably spend a good time behind bars.
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