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Random: Man Forges Popsicle Sticks To Win Pokémon Contest, Gets Arrested

Zarude used Sandstorm.

Oh dairy me – looks like someone got caught with his hand in the ice cream jar.

Takashi Ono, a 43-year old man from Japan, was arrested today under suspicion of fraud, after attempting to win Pokémon cards through illegal means. A competition run by Japanese ice-cream manufacturers, Akagi Nyugyo Co., asked people to send in winning popsicle sticks from their Garigari-kun brand. The winning sticks have “You win a Gari-Pokémon card” engraved into them, and winners can send them back to the company in order to redeem them for rare Pokémon cards.

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