Judge uses electronic tag on Pokémon card tracker. It's super effective!
Ohio man planted a device on a delivery van to follow scarce trading card stock and caught a year of probation
A 72-year-old Ohio man, Kent Kubasta, has been sentenced to a year of probation for attaching a GPS tracker to a Pokémon card delivery van. Kubasta, from Medina, Ohio, initially pleaded not guilty but later waived his right to a trial and pleaded no contest. The court ordered him to wear a GPS tracker for the first 90 days and prohibited any contact with the van's driver, who was described as a Pokémon card vendor.
Kubasta was also fined $25 monthly and required to pay a $500 fine and court costs totaling $905.50. If he violates the terms, he faces up to six months in jail. The case highlights the intense demand for Pokémon cards, with collectors often waiting outside stores for new releases. Pokémon, which began in 1996 with Nintendo Game Boy games, is now a multi-billion dollar franchise encompassing games, trading cards, television shows, films, and toys.
The latest Trading Card Game expansion, released on September 16, includes over 150 cards, many of which are rare.
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