Man pretended he got scammed after making off with nearly $115k in ruse involving Pokemon cards

📆 7/5/2024 4:07 AM
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He convinced his victims that he would help them obtain Pokemon trading cards, as well as cards linked to the One Piece manga series, before making off with their money totalling nearly $115,000.

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He took pre-orders for trading cards from customers and then sourced the cards from a local supplier. Between April and May 2023, he started to advertise pre-orders for One Piece trading cards on his Carousell accounts. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tay Jia En told the court: “Instead of using the funds he received from the customers of the first wave of pre-orders to purchase the trading cards, the accused misappropriated the monies by spending them on his watch purchases, expensive trading cards, food, shopping a staycation.

If there was any shortfall, he planned to first borrow money from his nine siblings or attempt to pay off his customers by taking up different jobs such as working as a freelance videographer.

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