PSA Publishes Full List of 6,451 Cards Stolen From FedEx Truck as FBI Joins Investigation

PSA has published the complete list of 6,451 collectibles stolen from a FedEx truck earlier this month, giving collectors, dealers, marketplaces and auction houses a way to identify individual items if they surface for sale. The new update also confirms that both the Santa Ana Police Department and FBI are investigating the October 13 theft. PSA says it has provided investigators with video footage, shipment manifests and item-level records, has briefed law enforcement in person at its Santa Ana facility and remains in daily contact with investigators.

The announcement provides the most detailed account yet from PSA following the theft, which CollectiblesNews.com previously reported was initially estimated by police to involve approximately $963,000 worth of graded sports, Pokémon and other trading cards.

According to PSA, multiple customer orders were taken from a FedEx carrier truck after they had been picked up from the company’s Santa Ana facility. PSA says recovering every stolen item and returning it to its owner remains its top priority. Perhaps the biggest development is the publication of the complete 93-page list of stolen items. The document identifies the cards by PSA certification number and description, while PSA says serial numbers are also being provided for serialized cards.

The list shows just how broad the stolen inventory was. It includes Pokémon cards, baseball, basketball, football and wrestling cards, along with Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece and other collectibles. Among the Pokémon cards listed are a Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat promo, a 2016 Charizard EX Red & Blue Collection promo, Rayquaza V from Evolving Skies, Gengar VMAX from Fusion Strike and numerous Japanese Pokémon releases. The first page alone also includes a first-edition Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the 2002 Yu-Gi-Oh! Starter Deck: Kaiba.

Sports cards on the list include numerous Shohei Ohtani cards, Michael Jordan cards, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Patrick Mahomes II, Victor Wembanyama and other prominent players. The document also includes rare one-of-one cards, including a Stephen Curry autograph Gold 1/1, several Roman Reigns 1/1 cards and a Mike Tyson Platinum 1/1.

PSA says it has deactivated the certification numbers associated with every stolen graded item. The company has also provided the complete list to marketplace sellers, auction houses and digital commerce platforms so they can monitor for any of the cards appearing for sale. That step is particularly important because a deactivated PSA certification number can provide an immediate warning to someone checking a card before purchasing it. Collectors can also search the newly released list directly if they encounter a card they believe could be connected to the theft.

PSA’s update also provides considerably more information about compensation for affected customers. The company says it has already begun contacting customers and has refunded all grading fees associated with affected orders. Those refunds are separate from compensation for the stolen collectibles and will not reduce the amount a customer may receive for the cards themselves.

For orders shipped using PSA’s return label, PSA says its insurance applies and compensation payments are already being issued. Customers who used their own return shipping label will be handled individually by a dedicated PSA team, while customers who submitted through a dealer are being instructed to contact that dealer.

PSA says customers who used its return shipping and insurance will be compensated based on the fair market value of each stolen item up to the Maximum Insured Value selected for it. The company says its valuation process considers comparable sales, realized auction prices, grades, population reports and other public market information. For particularly rare cards without recent comparable sales, PSA says it will look at a broader range of historical transactions and market trends.

That issue was one of the major concerns raised after the theft. As CollectiblesNews.com reported following the initial incident, some affected collectors owned rare cards for which establishing a replacement value could be difficult because there were few or no recent comparable sales.

PSA is also addressing what happens if a customer accepts compensation and the stolen card is later recovered. Accepting payment will not end PSA’s attempt to recover the item. The company says that if a card is found in the future, its owner will be given a choice: keep the compensation already received or return the compensation and have the original collectible returned.

PSA says more than 99.9% of the items entrusted to the company over the previous year were safely processed and return-shipped, but the company is continuing to evaluate its security procedures, operational safeguards and shipping partners following the October 13 theft. The company is also asking the collecting community to help. Anyone who encounters a card on the published list or has other information that could assist the investigation is being directed to the FBI’s Los Angeles office. PSA says victims can also contact the FBI regarding their stolen items.

The publication of all 6,451 certification numbers significantly expands the number of people who can now help identify the stolen cards. Rather than relying only on individual collectors publicly sharing their missing submissions, dealers, auction houses, card shops and buyers can now compare suspicious items against PSA’s complete list.