FBI Is Officially Investigating An Unprecedented Pokémon Card Heist

Earlier in October, authorities revealed that a FedEx truck reportedly containing nearly $1 million in cards graded by the Professional Sports Authenticator had suddenly gone missing. A couple of weeks later, the apparent theft of 6,451 slabs — many of which contained Pokémon cards — is being scrutinized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. PSA is a service used by collectors to determine the quality of a card. When you see headlines about a Pokémon card being worth millions , that estimation is probably based on the grade the card received from PSA (10 being the highest).