Two Washington men are facing fraud charges in New York for allegedly scheming to sell sports and Pokémon trading cards at inflated prices based on false grade ratings. Anthony Curcio, a.k.a. Brendan Wooley, and Iosif Bondarchuk, a.k.a. Joe Bondarchuk, were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in connection with the scheme, which resulted in more than $2 million in victim losses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. From at least 2022 to May 2024, Curcio and Bondarchuk allegedly duped buyers and marketplaces across the …
