Ohio Pokémon Scalper Tracked Card Restock Vendor With GPS Device

A GPS Tracker for Card Deliveries

Kent Kubasta of Medina, Ohio, was arrested after a vendor discovered a GPS tracking device on her vehicle in June and contacted Wooster police. According to an affidavit cited by Aftermath, the device was a SpyTech GPS tracker, and Kubasta later admitted placing it to follow the vendor’s location and Pokémon card deliveries.

“to track her location/delivery of Pokémon cards.”

Police affidavit cited by Aftermath

Fox 8 reported that Kubasta entered a no contest plea in Wayne County Municipal Court on Friday, September 18, to illegal use of a tracking device. Aftermath subsequently reported that he was found guilty on Monday, September 21. The public court docket could not be independently accessed by FoilWire at publication time, so this article does not state that a sentence has been imposed. Ohio Revised Code Section 2903.216 generally classifies the offense as a first degree misdemeanor. Under Ohio law, that can carry up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. Those are statutory maximums, not a statement of Kubasta’s sentence.

Restock Intel Was Already Everywhere

Randy Kendall of Operation Fandom told Fox 8 that collectors already follow Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, store employees, and collecting groups to learn when products may appear. He said people gather as much information as possible to improve their chances of finding cards. That makes the Ohio case notable for how far beyond those familiar methods it went. Instead of relying on public posts, store chatter, or collector groups, the admitted conduct involved physically placing a location tracker on a vendor’s vehicle.