Pokémon Card Authentication Scandal Reveals $30M Fraud
Pokémon Card Authentication Scandal Reveals $30M Fraud
🔍 Pokémon's $30M Printing Mystery
A major scandal has rocked the Pokémon trading card community after a data scientist uncovered evidence of counterfeit cards valued at $30 million. The investigation implicates a co-creator of the game.
- The fraud was discovered through analysis of dot matrix patterns in high-resolution card scans
- Modern printer signatures were found on supposedly vintage cards
- A single forum member's detective work led to the discovery
This revelation comes as the collectible card market sees increased attention from crypto and Web3 projects, including recent initiatives to tokenize graded Pokémon cards.
This story highlights the importance of technological authentication in both traditional and digital collectibles.
why is no one on my timeline talking about the $30 million pokemon card game fraud that implicates a co creator of the game that was uncovered by a single data scientist on a forum that analyzed the dot matrix patterns in high res scans to date them to a modern printer