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 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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