Pokemon Player Goes to Jail for Using COVID Relief to Buy Rare Card

He tried to catch them all. A man from Georgia has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for using COVID relief to buy a rare Charizard Pokemon Card with $58,000 of the loan money. The collectible has now become government property.

Mar 8, 2022

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