BILLINGS — LuckBox Sports Cards owners said they believe a six figure value was stolen over an estimated six month period by a former Billings U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker.
“There’s a lot of big collectors in Billings,” said Ryate Walstad, co-owner of LuckBox. “I have a good friend (who lost) over $85,000. We figure the number’s six figures and it could be upwards of $150,000.”
Zachary Louis Simpson was charged in federal court Feb. 13 with stealing mail when he allegedly tried to sell $850 worth of sports cards back to the Billings sports memorabilia business.
“One of the biggest things is: a lot of cards are serial numbered, which is one of the ways that we caught (Simpson). Y’know, some cards, they only make 15 of each card,” said Dalton Heilger, co-owner of LuckBox.
U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a news release on Thursday that approximately 100 packages that were not addressed to Simpson were recovered alongside more than 10,000 sports trading cards and other memorabilia.
