From the link Judson posted (not the text of a law, but some sort of legal advice link): You can't be convicted of a California Penal Code 496 charge if you in

From the link Judson posted (not the text of a law, but some sort of legal advice link): You can't be convicted of a California Penal Code 496 charge if you intended to return the property to its owner or the police when you bought or received the stolen property.14 However, this defense will not apply if you decided to return the property after you illegally received it. Similarly, it will not apply if you originally had the intent to return the property, but later decided to keep it instead. If this is accurate, then I'd suspect they're fine, at least in regards to the receiving stolen property thing - they bought the stolen property with the intent to give it back to its owner, and did so in a reasonable time frame (whether or not they could have gotten it back earlier, they did get it to Apple within a couple days, which in most situations would be considered very reasonable). They almost certainly decided before buying it to give it back to Apple. Whether or not they could be in trouble for trade secret violations or anything else like that, I have no idea.