The Pokemon TCG has always been in craze as for now the craze has gone a step further. One man living in Vancouver has been arrested with over $10k in counterfeit cash, and he was using the trick vendors on Facebook marketplace.
People are committing crimes just to get there hands on Pokemon Cards well this is not new. Well from past few years this has been a trend, well it is surprising how much the cards cost.
Man Caught Counterfeiting Cash to Buy Pokemon Cards
The normal store would likely to catch on to the someone who is trying to rip them off with the fake money pretty fast, as someone ponthe facebook marketplace ot even person to person while online vendors has much lower chance of figuring ot out.
A man with username as Lovedeep Dhilon purchased %1500 worth of Pokemon Cards from someone who later got to know it was fake cash.
In the police statement, it was claimed that she realized the money was fake due to having an odd texture and duplicate serial numbers, and the removable holographic security features.
Even though he was bing through fake cash, later, the perpetrator set up another purchase worth $2700. Later the women had set up an operation with the police to apprehend him.
Later the man tried to buy another worth $2700 wirth of Pokemon Cards later after the first transaction and the seller agreed to do the second transaction with police ready to arrest the suspect. Later the man was arrested and was caught with $10,200 counterfeit currency. Police said there are other victims linked to this seller.
Well, the investigation is still active to find out how much he has stolen, and this is not the first time. You can also check out the brawl between scalpers.