The money was actually intended as emergency aid for the severe economic consequences of the corona pandemic – some took advantage of it shamelessly.
In the US state of Georgia, a man has now been charged with a particularly bold case of fraud: Vinath Oudomsine is said to have used the cheated money to get a rare one Pokémon card bought for $ 57,789.
In order to collect the corona coal from the state, he pretended to run a company with ten employees. In total, he got $ 85,000.
Now Oudomsine faces up to 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $ 250,000!
A year ago there was a huge hype about Pokémon cards. Influencers bought new cards for hundreds of thousands of euros, presented them on the Internet and thus triggered the onslaught. The printing of new cards was also stopped for a short time, and some shops reported delivery bottlenecks.
It is unclear which Pokémon card the man bought with his stolen money. But the fact is: In view of the price, it must have been a particularly rare one.