People are currently in need of emergency aid to maintain basic needs due to the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, there are people who are not very concerned about the good use of money. This is the case of an American, who used government aid in a very peculiar way. He drew a Pokémon card with the aid and is now in danger of being arrested.
In the state of Georgia, United States, a man named Vinath Oudomsine preferred to buy an unusual asset with his emergency aid. With part of your help he decided to buy a Pokémon card worth 57,000 dollars!
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What are pokemon cards
First, it is important to clarify that Pokémon cards are part of a card game for collectors. They are made based on a 1996 Japanese animation.
To play, each player chooses half a dozen cards, without knowing what they are, and turns them face down. Whoever beats the other player wins the opponent's card as a prize.
The case of Vinath Oudomsine
Vinath's prank, however, came out quite expensive, as he had to pay a very high fine, in the amount of 250 thousand dollars. The application of the fine is based on the misuse of a resource that guarantees assistance to people due to the global epidemic phase.
The Telegraph newspaper reported that the collector is also liable for electronic fraud and could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. This is because to get the loan and buy the rare card, he lied saying that the turnover of 235 thousand dollars was not enough to settle the commitments with the 10 employees - which never existed - and changed data necessary to fulfill the requirements of the loan.
Curiosity
Finally, we bring a curiosity about Pokémon cards. There are countless cards that are sold at exorbitant prices in the world. However, one of the most valuable cards in the world is a defective Charizard card from 1999. That letter sold for $300,000 in 2021.
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