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There is something called "bona fide purchase" [0]. As I am not familiar with US common law, I am not sure it would apply here, but basically: an innocent purch

There is something called "bona fide purchase" [0]. As I am not familiar with US common law, I am not sure it would apply here, but basically: an innocent purchaser (no ill intentions etc...) can purchase stolen goods and become their rightful owner. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_fide_purchaser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_fide_purchaser

Fnoord 9y ago
That's for physical goods I guess. Theres also a counter law for that. In Dutch called heling, English Wikipedia page explains it [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handling_stolen_goods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handling_stolen_goods