Overview
- The incident occurred on Oct. 20 just before noon at CardVault by Tom Brady on Lafayette Street in SoHo.
- Authorities say the suspect’s payment was declined and he manually bypassed the denial on the store’s card machine without the employee’s knowledge.
- The man left with about $9,710 in baseball and Pokémon cards, and no injuries were reported.
- Police described the suspect as wearing a Yankees cap and asked for tips to the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or 1-888-57-PISTA.
- Coverage notes CardVault’s national expansion, with reports that Tom Brady holds a 50% stake and a Mall of America location opening this weekend.