Siblings fall out after brother allegedly steals 116 of sister’s Pokemon cards worth over $7,500, police investigating
"She was the closest to him out of all her family members."
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Full Case Details: Sibling Rift Over Stolen Pokémon Cards (Singapore)
Published: Jul 28, 2026 | Source: STOMP 📰 https://stmp.sg/befr
📌 Basic Facts
- A 32-year-old woman discovered 116 Pokémon trading cards missing from her collection, valued at $7,556.10 .
- She suspects her 28-year-old younger brother took them and sold them on Telegram .
- Police confirmed receiving the report on June 8, 2026, and investigations are ongoing .
🕵️ How It Unfolded
Timeline
- Jul 5 – Dec 4, 2025: The brother and his girlfriend stayed at the couple’s home, with unrestricted access to the guest room where the cards were kept .
- Jun 5, 2026: The woman checked her collection for the first time in months and found the most valuable cards gone—apparently hand-picked .
- Jun 8, 2026: Police report lodged .
Evidence
- Missing items verified via photos, videos, chat history, and the Collectr portfolio app .
- Two cards graded by PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator) carry unique serial numbers. The brother had shared these grading results with her on Sep 1, 2025 .
- On Nov 2, 2025, a Telegram listing posted by the brother showed the exact same two cards with matching serial numbers .
- Screenshots from a family group chat show the brother admitted to taking the cards .
💔 Betrayal & Fallout
The couple had always supported him:
- She was his closest sibling, lending him money without hesitation whenever he asked .
- They opened their home to him when he needed shelter .
Despite apologizing and confessing, he has not returned the cards or paid any compensation . Worse, other family members blamed her for filing a police report—so she has cut all ties with her brother and relatives .
For her, the loss is far more than money: she started collecting in June 2021, and built the collection with years of care and affection .
⚠️ Message to Collectors
Sharing this story to warn others: be vigilant securing your valuable collections, even around family and close friends .
"She was the closest to him out of all her family members. Whenever he needed help, she would drop everything to help him." — Shiro, the woman’s husband
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A 28-year-old man who raped 3 underage girls after offering to pay them for sex was sentenced to 25½ years’ jail and 24 strokes of the cane.
He offered the girls, who were then 13 years old, up to $500 each time. https://str.sg/MESg
Full Case Details
Offender: Edmund Tan Shi Hui, 28 (24–25 years old at the time of offences), worked as a waiter.
Sentence handed down on 27 July 2026: 25½ years’ imprisonment + 24 strokes of the cane.
Offence Background
Between March 2022 and July 2023, Tan met three girls (all 13 years old at the time) online via Telegram or video-conferencing platforms, offered them up to $500 each time for sex, and committed penetrative sexual acts with them on 8 separate occasions.
- First victim: Met after she posted an ad claiming to be 16–18. Paid $100 for sex at a Kovan MRT handicapped toilet on 4 March 2022. Later admitted he knew she was underage, manipulated her into more encounters including a video call, and met her twice more for paid sex.
- Second victim: Met via video platform. Paid $400 for sex at his flat on 8 September 2022, then $500 at a Punggol handicapped toilet on 18 September 2022; met her again at his flat on 15 December 2022.
- Third victim: Contacted on 7 July 2023. Even after she explicitly told him she was 13 and still in school, he paid her $500 and had sex with her at a residential staircase landing the same night, continuing elsewhere after being interrupted.
Charges & Plea
- Tan pleaded guilty to 6 counts of statutory rape.
- 10 more charges (4 statutory rape, 3 sexual assault by penetration, 3 sexual penetration of a minor under 16) were taken into consideration for sentencing.
- Investigations also found he kept a detailed diary recording payments to 17 girls, with these three being under 14.
Court Arguments & Judge’s Ruling
- Prosecution: Sought 23½–27½ years’ jail + 24 strokes, citing predatory conduct and deliberate exploitation of vulnerable minors.
- Defence: Argued for 14 years + 12 strokes, claiming commercial sex made him less blameworthy, and noted the maximum term for commercial sex with under-18s is 7 years (lower than rape’s 20).
- Justice Andre Maniam rejected the defence’s stance:
- Paying for sex with a minor is an aggravating factor, not a mitigating one.
- Law explicitly criminalises paid sex with anyone under 18 to strengthen protection, even though consensual non-commercial sex between 16–18-year-olds is not an offence.
Tan was arrested on 4 August 2023 after the third victim reported the matter to police.