Thomas Game Docs | This man was ARRESTED because of a Pokémon card @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded 11 months ago | Updated 1 hour ago
Pokémon cards can be worth a lot of money, but only if they're real... In 2022, a Japanese man was arrested for selling COUNTERFEIT Pokémon cards, Nintendo games and more.
A huge thanks to the Obscure Japan channel for allowing me to use footage from when they visited this store! Check out their full video here:
- youtube.com/watch?v=EREhmx_K_4k
PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
MERCH - teespring.com/stores/thomas-game-docs
TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
SOURCES
English articles
- nintendolife.com/news/2022/02/random-shop-owner-sells-fake-usd20-pokemon-card-gets-arrested-for-copyright-violation
- kotaku.com/pokemon-cards-fake-phony-counterfeit-knock-off-arrest-j-1848586977
Japanese news articles
- web.archive.org/web/20220224161156/news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ac05a399afa5c2e804b9721ceab7aeb2fa9e70bf
- web.archive.org/web/20220222135945/news.livedoor.com/article/detail/21721924
- http://jin115.com/archives/52340225.html
Japanese blog post with details about double pricing + fakes
- famicoms.net/blog-entry-3904.html
Japanese tweet reactions
- matomame.jp/user/yonepo665/c63aae4ca3b27d0106ae
kk-information.com/trend/?p=78954
Store's own tweet
- twitter.com/alivetokiwa1/status/1496391127469289472
Japanese law firm article
atomfirm.com/keiji/4117
Pokémon cards can be worth a lot of money, but only if they're real... In 2022, a Japanese man was arrested for selling COUNTERFEIT Pokémon cards, Nintendo games and more.
A huge thanks to the Obscure Japan channel for allowing me to use footage from when they visited this store! Check out their full video here:
- youtube.com/watch?v=EREhmx_K_4k
PATREON - patreon.com/ThomasGameDocs
MERCH - teespring.com/stores/thomas-game-docs
TWITTER - twitter.com/thomasgdocs
SOURCES
English articles
- nintendolife.com/news/2022/02/random-shop-owner-sells-fake-usd20-pokemon-card-gets-arrested-for-copyright-violation
- kotaku.com/pokemon-cards-fake-phony-counterfeit-knock-off-arrest-j-1848586977
Japanese news articles
- web.archive.org/web/20220224161156/news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ac05a399afa5c2e804b9721ceab7aeb2fa9e70bf
- web.archive.org/web/20220222135945/news.livedoor.com/article/detail/21721924
- http://jin115.com/archives/52340225.html
Japanese blog post with details about double pricing + fakes
- famicoms.net/blog-entry-3904.html
Japanese tweet reactions
- matomame.jp/user/yonepo665/c63aae4ca3b27d0106ae
kk-information.com/trend/?p=78954
Store's own tweet
- twitter.com/alivetokiwa1/status/1496391127469289472
Japanese law firm article
atomfirm.com/keiji/4117
