{"id":237144,"date":"2026-07-07T01:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237144\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T01:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T01:03:14","slug":"philadelphia-man-stole-24000-pokemon-card-police-say-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/237144\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia man stole $24,000 Pok\u00e9mon card, police say \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions, you gotta catch&#8217;em all!<\/p>\n<p>A Philadelphia man is facing charges after stealing a Pok\u00e9mon card worth $24,000 by conducting a fraudulent cryptocurrency transaction in Evesham Township, Burlington County, police said on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Christian Elam, 26, of Philadelphia, contacted a seller on Facebook Marketplace and said he would purchase a rare Pok\u00e9mon card, police said. <\/p>\n<p>The two met at the Evesham Township Police Department Safe Exchange Zone, where Elam appeared to perform a legitimate transaction using an unidentified cryptocurrency, police said. However, the victim later determined the transaction to be fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Elam has been charged with third-degree theft by deception and second-degree computer-related theft, police said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u00a0Evesham Township Police Department reminds residents that the ETPD Safe Exchange Zone is available for online marketplace transactions,&#8221; police said. &#8220;While the zone provides a well-lit, video-monitored location for in-person exchanges, residents are reminded to independently verify payment before transferring property, especially when cryptocurrency, electronic payments, or high-value items are involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions, you gotta catch&#8217;em all! A Philadelphia man is facing charges after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,21011],"class_list":["post-237144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}