An employee who used his business credit card to pay for things like Pokemon Short and video games are now making prison time. Unfortunately it's just one of the latest cases of Pokemon And crime is mixed.
Lots of Pokemon Fans are law -abiding citizens, but unfortunately it does not stop the crime with the popular franchise. Pokemon The cards have been stolen, shops and warehouses have been broken, and honest sellers have been attacked when they meet their adopted buyers. This is just another case of such an incident.
One is in prison to use the company's credit card to buy Pokemon cards
A man named Mitch William Gross has been sent to federal imprisonment for four months after fraud his employer for a fantastic $ 140,000. Between 2021 and 2022, Gross reportedly used his company credit card to buy things like Pokemon Trade card, games and gift cards. He apparently tried to hide the purchases as legitimate, but was caught in the law. The FBI investigated the issue, and the 34-year-old was found guilty and sentenced on August 15, 2025. In addition to spending four months in federal prison, for which there is no parole, Gross will also meet three years of monitoring release when he is out in prison and must repay $ 146,590.15 to his employment.
In most cases of crimes involving Pokemonthe current criminals try to steal things like Pokemon short to make a profit. Pokemon Short and some other collectors' items can be extremely valuable and are almost unchanged, making it relatively easy to sell them to any incapable buyers. It has come to the point that Pokemon Dealers have to look for one another, with several stores working together to track someone who had stolen Pokemon short and then tried to sell them to other stores. It is not clear if Gross tried to make a profit on the cards he bought, or if he simply wanted to buy the goods for himself.
Unfortunately this is not the first time someone has a unscrupulous bought Pokemon Short for themselves like this. In another case used any counterfeit money to buy Pokemon cards that finally steal over $ 4,000 Pokemon Short with the fake money. Thankfully, in that case, the criminal was also captured, and the police could return Pokemon short to their original, rightful owners.
Pokemon Trading Card Game

- Published
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April 10, 2000
- ESRB
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e
- Developer
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Hudson Soft
- Publisher
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Nintendo
- Multiple players
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Local multiplayer