TITCG Intelligence
Search
reportedOtherevt_c225e82789f8

Maryland man convicted of $53M crypto theft after buying rare Magic and Pokémon collectibles

Jonathan Spalletta, 36, was convicted in Manhattan of computer fraud and money laundering over hacks of crypto exchange Uranium Finance in April 2021 that netted roughly $53.3 million. Prosecutors said he spent some of the proceeds on collectibles including a Black Lotus Magic: The Gathering card for about $500,000, 18 sealed Alpha Booster packs for about $1.51 million, a sealed first edition Pokémon booster box for about $257,500, and a complete first edition Pokémon base set for about $750,000.

Event date
(month precision)
First reported
Sources
1 across 1 publisher
Regions
NA

Sources (1)

Every source that reported this event. We store the link, the publisher and the extracted facts — not the article.

Extracted facts (7)

  • convictionreported

    Jonathan Spalletta, 36, of Rockville, Maryland, convicted of computer fraud and money laundering after a six-day jury trial in Manhattan

    “Jonathan Spalletta, 36, of Rockville, Maryland, was found guilty of computer fraud and money laundering following a six-day jury trial in Manhattan.”source
  • purchase_pricereported

    Black Lotus Magic: The Gathering card bought for approximately $500,000

    “A rare Black Lotus Magic: The Gathering card for approximately $500,000”source
  • purchase_pricereported

    18 sealed Alpha Booster packs of Magic: The Gathering purchased for approximately $1.51 million

    “18 sealed Alpha Booster packs of Magic: The Gathering cards for approximately $1.51 million”source
  • purchase_pricereported

    Sealed first edition Pokemon booster box purchased for approximately $257,500

    “A sealed first edition Pokemon booster box for approximately $257,500”source
  • purchase_pricereported

    Complete first edition Pokemon base set purchased for approximately $750,000

    “A complete first edition Pokemon base set for approximately $750,000”source
  • seizurereported

    Federal investigators seized the Black Lotus card and other collectibles from Spalletta's residence

    “Federal investigators seized several collectibles from Spalletta's residence, including the Black Lotus card, the Wright brothers' airplane fabric, and antique Roman coins.”source
  • sentencing_exposurereported

    Faces maximum of 10 years for computer fraud and 20 years for money laundering

    “Spalletta was convicted on both counts and faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for computer fraud and 20 years for money laundering.”source

Confidence

45/ 100reported
Source agreement100%
Entity matching70%
Official source0%
Publisher trust50%
Independent corroboration39%
Extraction confidence85%

Confidence is recomputed from scratch whenever a source is attached, so it always reflects the current evidence rather than an accumulated score.

Linked entities

Provenance trail

  • created

    Maryland man convicted of $53M crypto theft after buying rare Magic and Pokémon collectibles

    by pipeline

Machine access

This event over the API:

GET https://tcgintel.io/api/v1/events/evt_c225e82789f8

Its sources:

GET https://tcgintel.io/api/v1/events/evt_c225e82789f8/sources