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> If someone gave me money that he couldn't give me (for example, he stole it), I'm not required to give it back — he is. Actually, this is not how the world w
by tomp 11y ago
> If someone gave me money that he couldn't give me (for example, he stole it), I'm not required to give it back — he is.
Actually, this is not how the world works. If you buy stolen goods, you're liable, and they can be taken away from you (in Italy, you can actually get fined for buying stolen goods!)
- golergka 11y ago> you can actually get fined for buying stolen goods! I think you can be fined for _knowingly_ buying stolen goods everywhere. But what about stolen money? That could've gone away in series of thousands of transactions with thousands of counter-agents since it was stolen?
- mehwoot 11y agoIn the country I live in, if you are in possession of stolen goods and the owner can prove they were stolen, they are entitled to the goods back. Doesn't matter how many transactions it went through or how hard you tried to determine if they were stolen. It's up to you as the buyer to verify it. I suspect it is the same in most places. If someone gave me money that he couldn't give me (for example, he stole it), I'm not required to give it back — he is. Another example is banks- sometimes it comes up that banks accidentally credit people's accounts with huge sums in error. This money does not belong to those people, and if they withdraw it, the banks can take legal action to get it back.