Anthony Curcio has become something of a media personality thanks to his seemingly positive parable: he was went from being a robber to becoming an anti-drug motivator and in favor of a healthy life, but has fallen back into his old habit with cards Pokémonnow accused of having organized a millionaire scam.
The story has taken on a certain visibility precisely because of Curcio’s particular situation: after 6 years spent in prison for a bank robbery, and having also taken part in what is remembered as one of the most infamous chases filmed live, the man seemed to have completely turned the corner.
He had become one positive figuretransforming its image and also going into schools to give speeches on the importance of preventing drug use and making positive choices that can lead to a more satisfying and healthy life.
The scam was based on original cards, but with a falsified PSA value
This path to redemption, it seems, is interrupted in front of the Pokémon.
According to Fox 13 Seattle, Curcio and an accomplice, Iosif Bondarchuk, were recently arrested on charges of organizing a trading card scam that would have netted over $2 million.
It should be noted that the cards sold would not be counterfeit but original: what they were falsified is the PSA value (Professional Sports Authenticator), which is used as a standard to establish the conditions of collector cards in the sale of them and which has a decisive influence on the value and selling price.
The two would therefore have inflated the PSA value and, consequently, the prices of numerous cards sold within two years, including Pokémon and cards relating to sports characters, thus accumulating profits that could have reached 2 million dollarsalthough the case is still to be defined.
Also considering the new issues of the series revealed by The Pokemon Company, it is not surprising that these cards also continue to attract scams of this magnitude.
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