A New York City man wanted in a Craven County fraud investigation involving Pokémon cards was arrested in Wisconsin on September 2 and booked into the Milwaukee County Jail.
Jeancarlos Castellanos, 27, now faces 11 felony counts filed by two Eastern North Carolina agencies. WITN, citing deputies, reported that the case involves alleged credit card fraud involving Pokémon cards. WNCT reported that the Craven County Sheriff’s Office asked for the public’s assistance on August 12 in identifying a suspect wanted in a fraud case involving Pokémon cards.
Craven County and New Bern Issued Separate Warrants
The case surfaced publicly with that August 12 appeal, when the sheriff’s office asked for help identifying a man wanted for questioning in a fraud case. Deputies described him as driving a black Cadillac Escalade with a fictitious registration, WCTI reported. A Craven County warrant followed on August 20, according to WCTI. WITN publicly reported his identification on August 28.
The Craven County warrant charges Castellanos with one count each of felony identity theft, felony financial card theft, felony obtaining property by false pretense and felony conspiracy. The New Bern Police Department issued its own warrant, adding two counts each of the first three offenses plus one count of conspiracy…