PSA FedEx Theft: The FBI Joins the Case and PSA Lists 6,451 Stolen Items

The FBI is now investigating the theft of PSA orders from a FedEx truck, alongside the Santa Ana Police Department, PSA said in an update posted on October 23, 2026 and reported by SI Collectibles the next day. PSA also published a list of the 6,451 stolen items and deactivated every stolen slab's cert number. Police put the loss at $963,000 on October 19, and no arrests had been reported as of October 27, 2026.

What PSA Said on October 23

The investigation

• "Both the Santa Ana Police Department and the FBI are investigating the theft," PSA said, per ICv2. PSA says it gave investigators video footage, shipment manifests and item-level records

The list

• 6,451 stolen items, with cert numbers and serial numbers for numbered cards, published as a 93-page PDF. PSA also shared it with marketplace sellers, auction houses and online platforms, which are monitoring for the items, per SI Collectibles

The certs

• "We have deactivated the certification numbers associated with every stolen graded item," PSA said, per Dexerto. ICv2 reports the grades no longer show in PSA's cert lookup

Fees and compensation

• PSA refunded all grading fees on affected orders, and says the refunds do not reduce compensation for the stolen items
• For orders shipped on PSA's return label, PSA's insurance applies and payments are already going out. Compensation is fair market value up to each item's declared Maximum Insured Value (MIV), and PSA says it sets fair market value from comparable sales, auction results, grades and population data, per SI Collectibles
• Customers who used their own return label work with a dedicated PSA team, and dealer submitters should contact their dealer
• PSA says it will not make customers wait for the investigation to end. If an item is recovered, the owner can keep the compensation or take the item back

What Is on the List

PSA's list has two columns, cert number and description, and no grades. By our count of the descriptions on October 27, 2026, about 2,978 of the 6,451 rows mention Pokémon, 898 mention One Piece, and roughly 1,900 name sports card brands such as Topps, Panini and Bowman. A search for a cert number or a player's name in the PDF finds a card in seconds.

These entries, highlighted by ICv2 on October 26, 2026, are on PSA's list (we matched each cert number in the PDF):

• 1999 Pokémon 1st Edition holo Charizard #4, Venusaur #15 and Blastoise #2: certs 177980867, 177980868 and 177980866
• 2026 Magic: The Gathering The Hobbit Smaug the Magnificent #0249, Gleaming Gold Headliner: cert 179183951
• 2005 Shonen Jump's One Piece CCG Promo PR007 The Invincible Swordsman, Tournament Winner: cert 178443565
• 2026 Topps Silver Pack 1991 Chrome All-Stars Shohei Ohtani Superfractor 1/1: cert 179247755
• 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144 and 1935 National Chicle Bronko Nagurski #34: certs 179268851 and 179270945

ICv2 adds that the list includes dozens of autographed sports cards. Values for single cards on social media are collector claims, not figures from PSA or police.

What Police and the FBI Line Say

Estimated loss

• $963,000, per the Santa Ana Police Department as reported by NBC Los Angeles. Police said the exact value could not be determined until the remaining boxes were scanned

Arrests

• None reported as of October 27, 2026. Anyone with information can call Santa Ana police at 714-245-8665. PSA says anyone who believes they are a victim, or has a tip, can call the FBI Los Angeles office at 310-477-6565, press 1 during business hours (8am to 5pm), and ask for the duty agent about the PSA theft, per ICv2

What to Do Now

If you had an order on that truck. PSA says it has begun contacting affected customers. Check that your grading fees came back and keep your submission records. If your order shipped on PSA's return label, note the MIV you set for each card, since that caps your payout. Our guide on how PSA grading works lists each tier's insured limit, and our PSA grading backlog update lists the max insured value for Standard through Premier as of October 7, 2026.

If you buy PSA slabs. Run every cert through PSA's cert lookup before you pay, and check high-end Pokémon, One Piece, Magic and vintage sports slabs against PSA's list. A stolen slab's cert no longer returns its grade, per ICv2. Our guide on how to verify a graded card walks through the lookup.

Our take: the list is the buyer's best tool. With all 6,451 cert numbers public and every stolen slab's cert deactivated, a stolen slab is hard to sell as is. The bigger risk is a card cracked out of its slab, so treat cheap raw high-end cards with no history with care.

Still unknown on October 27. The final value (police said boxes still needed scanning), any arrests or recoveries, and how many orders were affected. We will update this page after the next PSA or police statement.

Where to Go From Here

Shipping risk is part of grading. If you would rather collect cards that stay vaulted until you choose to ship them, the Polkastarter marketplace gives you a free mystery pack at signup, and every Lootbox lists its contents, values, and chances before you open.

Details checked October 27, 2026. PSA's statements are quoted as reported by SI Collectibles, ICv2 and Dexerto, and police figures as reported by NBC Los Angeles. Nothing here is financial or legal advice. Polkastarter is not affiliated with PSA, FedEx, the FBI or the other companies named.

Sources

• PSA: PSA Theft Update, published October 23, 2026
• SI Collectibles: PSA Issues Update, Full List of 6,000+ Cards Stolen, published October 24, 2026, accessed October 27, 2026
• ICv2: FBI Jumps in to Investigate PSA FedEx Pokémon, Sports Cards Heist, published October 26, 2026, accessed October 27, 2026
• Dexerto: PSA confirms FBI investigating trading card heist as full stolen list revealed, published October 24, 2026, accessed October 27, 2026
• PSA: Certificate List of stolen items (PDF), published October 2026, accessed October 27, 2026
• Dexerto: TCG collector says $100K PSA card order stolen in FedEx truck burglary, published October 18, 2026, accessed October 27, 2026
• NBC Los Angeles: Trading cards worth nearly $1 million stolen from FedEx truck, PSA says, published October 19, 2026, accessed October 27, 2026