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Is it a crime for you to buy stolen property if you did not know it was stolen?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes, you definitely could. And after you get arrested for receiving stolen property, you will have to produce evidence or a believable explanation why you didn't know it was stolen when you bought it.
If someone offers you a deal that sounds too good to be true. . . BELIEVE IT. . . it usually IS.
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Really? I think you got it backwards your accuser has to prove you DID know it was stolen. In America it is innocent until proven guilty. Or that is the way it is supposed to be at least. Offer to take a polygraph test and tell the authorities who sold it to you. Then after you are found innocent celebrate by you and a couple of your friends paying a visit to your accusers house and beat them over the head with a Baseball bat For lying about you.
Okay you may get in trouble for the baseball bat part but are there any lawyers out there that can tell me if I am right about the first part?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt is not necessarily a crime if you can prove you purchased the property from a legitimate seller and had no indication it was stolen. However, you will lose the property because it will be confiscated by the authorities.
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