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Bloke caught stealing £60k worth of Pokemon cards as he tried to sell 'em all

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Pokemon cards worth £60,000 from his boss and hiding them at his mum's house.Kyriacos Christou, 28, admitted stealing the cards as he picked orders for an online business that sells the Japanese trading cards for hundreds of pounds online.At a sentencing hearing it was revealed that Christou, who lives with his mum, was caught out when his boss became suspicious and set up secret cameras. READ MORE: Teen jailed for hacking Snapchat accounts and threatening to post women's nudes After Christou's arrest, half a million cards were found at his mum's house in Edmonton, the court heard.Prosecutor Nick Cribb said: "The defendant, who knew his Evolutions pre-release Charizard Holo from his Granbull V Full Art Ultra Rare, stole over £60,000 of stock from his employer and listed them for sale on his own eBay account."The value of Pokemon cards fluctuates but items like a 'SM Ultra Prism Booster Pack', which contain ten cards, sells for £15, with a box of those packs costing £750, it was said.

rarer cards can sell for thousands of pounds.Wood Green Crown Court heard Christou had set up an eBay account to sell cards stolen from Magic Madhouse Limited in Enfield.Business owner Michael Duke, 38, noticed stock worth thousands of pounds had gone missing just before Christmas last year, and by April decided to install covert cameras to catch the thief.He looked over the footage and saw Christou opening a box he had not been asked to go through and pocketing several cards.Police were called and Christou initially denied theft - but the cards were found in his pocket and he admitted stealing from Mr Duke on several other occasions.Mr Duke also found Christou's eBay account and claims Pokemon cards listed for sale match the ones missing.

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