{
  "id": 570409,
  "title": "Selling Impossible Pokémon: Ban Reports Point to Long-Rumored Black Market for 'Injecting' Rare Pokémon Go Quests, Sparking Speculation of Insider Involvement",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/selling-impossible-pokemon-ban-reports-point-to-long-rumored-black",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:05:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/selling-impossible-pokemon-ban-reports-point-to-long-rumored-black-market-for-injecting-rare-pokmon-go-quests-sparking-speculation-of-insider-involvement"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pokémon Go players are reportedly being banned for obtaining rare creatures from questlines \"in an unauthorized manner\", seemingly confirming past whispers of a black market that allows fans to fraudulently acquire species via shady means.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}