This seems pretty clear. It’s not possible to buy stolen property. The ownership reverts to the lawful owner. It’s pretty clear too that the buyer did nothing

This seems pretty clear. It’s not possible to buy stolen property. The ownership reverts to the lawful owner. It’s pretty clear too that the buyer did nothing wrong so it’s unlikely that they’ll be forced to restore the lot. This is a case where good attorneys would advise their clients to settle. The untouched lot is never coming back. The $350k lost to a scammer is never coming back because US law enforcement is worthless. There’s $1.4M tied up in this. You want nothing or you want something? If you go to court everyone loses. If you settle everyone gets something, but not everything they want. And if you really want justice done put a hundred grand into tracking down the scammer and unwinding his life’s work. It’d be far better to take everything from him and send him to prison than for the two victims of the crime to squabble over it.