Man Arrested for Spending $140,000 on Pokemon Cards with Company Credit Card

He has to pay back $146,590.15 in restitution and spend four months in prison.

By Braden Bjella

Published 6 hours ago in Facepalm

If you’re trusted with a company credit card, it can be tempting to spend money on it with only a passing connection to the company. Lunch? Sure, a worker’s gotta eat. Groceries? What, you think I need to stop eating just because I go home? This is fuel for my return to the office! A custom letterman jacket with your name on it? Heck, throw the company logo on it and it’s suddenly a credit card-worthy buy!


Unfortunately, companies really don’t like it when you do this — and if you do it too much, they may come after you. One Iowa man is learning that the hard way after spending over $140,000 on Pokemon cards and video games, then altering his invoices to hide his purchases.


His company, Ruan Transportation Corporation, soon realized that something was up (and that they *didn’t* actually need a mint condition Rayquaza card to continue operating as normal), and so, they went after him, eventually resulting in a prison sentence in addition to fully repaying all the money spent and then some.


But, for a few glorious moments, that man was king. Hopefully he gets to keep the cards.

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