I am surprised he is not worried about getting slapped with an epic lawsuit over this. The guy in the pictures has had his reputation absolutely destroyed, complete with pictures of the inside of his home, pictures of him half-naked and pictures of his sleeping child. If it turns out he had been acting in good faith all along... ouch.

If he indeed bought it off CL, then why would you say "he got what he deserved"?

It's very very obvious when somebody is selling stolen property on CL. No box, manuals, receipt or power adapter? Asking 25% of retail? If nothing else, there is usually some stock picture or none at all, and the spelling/grammar/punctuation are terrible. In short, "you just know."

To answer your question, if you knowingly buy stolen goods, you deserve to be punished. (I emphasize that this whole scenario is just conjecture on my part.)

Edit: also, there's a screen cap of him /erasing the other guy's account/. I mean come on ...