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Summary

Pokemon itself is a legitimate intellectual property owned by The Pokemon Company International, Nintendo, and Game Freak. However, the brand has been extensively exploited in various scam operations including fraudulent NFT projects, trading card fraud schemes, counterfeit merchandise sales, and cryptocurrency investment scams that have collectively resulted in millions of dollars in losses.

Connected Entities

1 entity · 8 linked investigations
Organizations
□Pokemon
Also appears in
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Connected Through

1 shared actor · 8 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(6 events)

25 August 2022

Kotiota Studios contacted media claiming to be Pokemon developers

GamesRadar

21 December 2022

Australian Federal Court issued injunction against Pokemon Pty Ltd for NFT fraud

Bulbagarden

31 May 2024

Federal arrests in $2 million Pokemon and sports card fraud scheme

Newsweek

28 January 2025

Investigation revealed alleged Pokemon prototype card fraud involving millions

CBR

October 2025

477 Pokemon trading card scams reported with $958,000 in losses

Bitdefender

2026

Singapore police warn of cryptocurrency job scams using Pokemon cards

The Online Citizen
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain5 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 5 of 5 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

generated: 4/29/2026, 5:49:09 AM

last updated: 7/24/2026, 8:57:07 PM

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