DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Album, and $7.3M

Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by arkades on Friday December 01, 2017 @11:10PM (#15830096)

Not to you but to the person you stole it from, yes. The underlying legal principle being that though you had the item, you never had the legal control of its ownership, and thus although you transferred the item the original owner retained legal control of it.

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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by jchw on Friday December 01, 2017 @11:20PM (#15830132)

Is this true? My instinct is that the person who stole it is still directly on the hook, but I'm not a lawyer.

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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by quickthrower2 on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:26AM (#15830338)

Intuitively I'd think it's different for cash and goods. A stolen TV used in a barter transaction show of be returned. A dollar bill probably not. But 100k cash? Grey area? if you accept a dollar you can't reasonably be expected to do due diligence on it. But a large sum maybe.

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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by qbrass on Saturday December 02, 2017 @12:59AM (#15830453)

You might have a case against the shopkeeper if you could prove they have the specific bill that was stolen from you.

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Re:DOJ: We Want Martin Shkreli’s Enigma Machine, Wu-Tang Alb... by donatj on Saturday December 02, 2017 @01:51AM (#15830634)

Being in receipt of stolen property is a crime even if you are unaware it is stolen.

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