Man allegedly steals dozens of PS5 consoles and sells them illegally – wasting money on horse races

A man stole 200 PS5 consoles and secretly sold them. The consoles should actually be sent. The thief stole consoles worth and 5.8 million yen (around 35,000 euros).

PS5 consoles are currently a rare commodity and hardly available – or only for greedy scalpers at a hefty surcharge. Some even go so far as to steal graphics cards such as the RTX 3090 straight from the factory.

Another strange case has now occurred. Because in Japan a man didn’t just steal a console, he stole 200 of them. In addition to the PS5, this probably also included Nintendo Switch consoles and older models of the DS series. He then sold all of these consoles on.

Dozens of PS5 consoles are said to be secretly sold on

That happened: Allegedly, a 50-year-old man in Tokyo is said to have resold 200 PS5 consoles, Nintendo Switch devices and related games. At least that’s what the Japanese magazine writes Sankai.com.

The man is said to have worked for a company that delivers goods. But instead of delivering the cargo, the person simply sold the consoles to various stores in Tokyo. He is said to have made a profit of around 3 million yen. That’s around 23,000 euros.

After the sale, the person stayed mostly in internet cafes across Tokyo. Such internet cafés are much better equipped than in Germany, for example. So you can sleep in some of the cafes, take a shower or get free drinks.

The Japanese police department is said to have finally arrested the man on “suspicion of embezzlement”. How and under what circumstances he was arrested is not known.

Money gambled away at horse races

The suspect said after the arrest that he had sold the whole load because he had money problems. For example, he stated, “I put almost all of the money on horse racing” (via kotaku.com).

This is not the first supplier to not deliver a console and instead keep it for themselves or sell it on. For example, an Amazon driver who was supposed to deliver a PS5 console simply repacked the device and never delivered it. The stolen family then turned to Amazon directly with evidence:

Amazon driver steals a customer’s PS5 and is filmed