YouTuber Logan Paul has wasted $3.5m on fake Pokémon cards. Last month the influencer boasted about “dropping” the cash on what he believed was a “sealed & authenticated box of 1st Edition Pokémon cards”. Turns out though, once they arrived, they were in fact GI Joe cards – worth significantly less. just dropped ,500,000 on this sealed & authenticated box of 1st Edition Pokémon cards ? pic.twitter.com/rMY2bVnKV2 — Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) December 20, 2021 This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view. Manage cookie settings Paul shared the news on his YouTube channel, beginning: “This story is fucking crazy. And it sucks. And I’m out three and a half million dollars.” He documents the run-up to the opening, including the Pokémon community believing the cards would be fake due to their sketchy origins. He then visits Chicago to open and verify the sealed boxes, which are authenticated by a Baseball Card Exchange representative due to appearing untampered with. Instead they unpack what they describe as the “biggest fraud in the entire history of Pokémon”. “It’s just so sad for all parties involved,” says Paul after…