Demand grew and everyone was either buying Pokemon packs or begging their parents for them. With so many people wanting to get their hands on valuable cards like never before, there are more fake ...

Any cards not printed and distributed by The Pokemon Company (TPC) or The Pokemon Company International (TPCi) are fake. Usually these cards are printed by an unauthorized third party, but ...

A good way to check if a card is real or fake is to look at it and compare it to an image online. Some bootleg Pokemon cards are incredibly sloppy and mess up easy details like the creature's type ...

The duo placed the card in a plastic case with a fake label that made it seem like it had been graded a “10,” complete with a bogus bar code and certification number, prosecutors alleged.

But the problem was that, word has it, his Articuno was a fake, and wasn’t worth the card that it was printed on. The only way to tell, playground lore had it, was to destroy it. And so ...

WASHINGTON - Two men from Washington were arrested Thursday for their involvement in selling fake sports and Pokémon trading cards in a $2 million scheme over two years, said the U.S. Attorney's ...

Update 1/31/25 10:57 a.m. ET: CGC is asking anyone in possession of one of the seemingly fake prototype or test cards to send it back to the grading agency for closer inspection. “This ...