Pokémon cards (illustration).
-
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP / SIPA
Passionate about Pokémon cards, a man would have gone so far as to set up a scam in Japan.
Police have arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of faking ice cream sticks to win trading cards in a game contest.
The suspect allegedly engraved "You won a Gari-Pokémon card" on at least 25 sticks in a competition organized by the ice cream brand Garigari-kun.
The company was then amazed that one person obtained so many winning sticks.
ガ リ ガ リ 君 の ポ ケ モ ン カ ー ド 当 た っ た よ ー ー ー ！！！ pic.twitter.com/x7lhD8A07V
- は ま み (@ tY0iMrkXz9FGpQH) August 9, 2020
Fake sticks for sale online
The company then notified the police, reports the Japanese news agency
Kyodo
.
The fake sticks "were engraved with care," said the public television channel NHK.
An investigation has been opened and the police intend to carefully study the technique used by the alleged forger.
According to the Garigari-kun company, “fake winning ice cream sticks” could still be in circulation after being sold on the Internet.
Did you see ?
This American sells his Pokémon cards for $ 80,000 to finance his studies
World
Pokémon card snaps at auction for over $ 220,000
Did you see ?
Fraud
World
Japan
Pokemon
Ice