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Toshihiro
well, at least you know that people really love pokemon.
Mickelicious
So glad dangerous criminals are being arrested.
foreignbrotherhoodarmy
45 years old and wanting Pokémon cards? The scary thing is they probably weren’t for one of his kids, he wanted them for himself. (Shudder)
factchecker
Another year, another manchild.
browny1
Arrested for fake popsicle sticks???
I've known of cases here recently where certain people can fraudulently obtain the benefit of $millions and the prosecutors say "Nothing here".
At least they're on top of it.
Do the hustle
A 43 year old forging ice block sticks to get Pokémon cards? Seriously? What’s the bet he still lives at home with his mum and is unemployed too? What a loser!
bokuda
Great! Good job Japan!
I feel much safer now
GrungeHamster
Man I do love a good Onion article. Wait...this isn’t The Onion.
justasking
No doubt he will be arrested. Police love sure conviction to add to their 99.9% rate. Someone is itching for a promotion.
shogun36
You set up easy to forge items, stuff like this will happen.
Just ask clubs/bars that give out easy to reproduce slips of paper, as drink coupons.
Monozuki
Good thing the cunning suspect has been arrested anyway.
lostrune2
Aren't the lucky popsicle sticks have serial numbers or special identifying markers
CaptDingleheimer
Where's the part where it says he's unemployed and still lives at home with his parents?
PaperworkMan
He really really wanted those Pokémon cards. Hehehe!
Rob-3
I say they should have sent him a dud or a really common Pokemon card for each one he sent in. It helps remove all of the dud cars from inventory and those that legitimately won would get a higher value card. Win-win! (^o^)/
Or better yet send some other non-Pokemon card. What's he going to do? File a complaint?
Zack
it's funny how this news about an old man forging popsicle sticks shows how the police investigated and did arrest the criminal, just for 25 paper cards...
while the previous report about sexual assault multiple times by a man, was not detailed and it shows the man even though he did crimes and police knew about it he was released...
money is more important?!
Paul
This is a 43 year old who sends 25 fake Popsicle sticks. 25 no less!!! A 43 year old!!! To be able to get 25 of those sticks you have to consume thousands of Popsicles! And this 43 year old genius does not think sending 25 of them from the same address would not be seen as suspicious at all...
Sven Asai
The good thing is, that such a little ’nothing’ is already counted a major crime and finds even a place in the news. That luckily indicates a very low crime rate compared with the whole rest of the planet.
smithinjapan
The lengths some people will go to for next to nothing. Loser. That said, I sure hope this is treated for the very, very minor crime that it is. People here get a year or two for murdering kids; surely a fine is in order.