Indictment: stolen crypto funded a first-edition Pokémon box and base set
A DOJ indictment alleges Jonathan Spalletta twice exploited Uranium Finance in April 2021 and laundered proceeds through Tornado Cash, buying a sealed first-edition Pokémon booster box for approximately $257,500 and a complete first-edition base set for approximately $750,000.
High-end vintage product clearly works as a parking spot for big, questionable money, worth remembering when anonymous buyers pay top dollar. If forfeiture follows, the box and set could eventually cycle back to market through a government sale. One laundering case says nothing about genuine collector demand, but provenance on top-end boxes matters.
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Yahoo Pokemon Crypto Case: Collector Faces Trial Over $55 Million Hack Published Sep 30, 2026Figures are as reported by the source; we haven't verified the sale ourselves.