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04-17-2019, 09:10 AM #51
THIS. Everyone who bought the gear that the authorities can establish a paper trail to (eBay has probably been subpoenaed and handed over those records) will probably be asked/forced to return the gear or provide an additional paper trail proving they sold/gave/donated/whatever as legit proof they don't still have the stolen gear.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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04-17-2019, 09:19 AM #52Banned
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04-17-2019, 09:43 AM #53Registered User
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Crazy story but not surprising.
I have done consulting work for a small, well-off company. The lack of financial oversight in the dept. I looked at was shocking.
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04-17-2019, 09:46 AM #54
Clearly you're not familiar with how insurance companies operate, especially after having to pay out a large claim. If they can't recoup the funds from the people who sold them they will go after the people who bought them. Ignorance is no excuse when it comes to shit like this. Not all that different from buying a stolen car without knowing it was stolen.
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04-17-2019, 10:08 AM #55
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04-17-2019, 10:24 AM #56Funky But Chic
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Well at least they had a bathroom handy.
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04-17-2019, 10:40 AM #57
They're looking to recoup a million dollars. Don't think they'll get much of it but they'll certainly examine the feasibility of trying to get back what they can. If I bought a pair last month I'd be expecting contact from someone. If I bought a pair three years ago probably not..
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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04-17-2019, 10:53 AM #58
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04-17-2019, 11:02 AM #59
It is stolen property, after all. There isn't some rule saying you get to keep it just because you didn't know it was stolen.
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04-17-2019, 11:13 AM #60
Regardless of specific laws that pertain to stolen items, from a business standpoint there is law of diminishing return that will likely dictate what steps are taken next. Tracking down and retrieving gear from a bunch of individual buyers, not to mention shipping cost may require more overhead and headache than the company will want to absorb relative to what they will recover. It seems more likely to me that they will write off the loss.
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04-17-2019, 11:15 AM #61
Probably true. I do think they'll be interested in finding a buyer for that $100k boat, though!
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04-17-2019, 11:29 AM #62
According to Judge Google, in some states you can even be prosecuted. .. but usually only if the circumstances would dictate any reasonable person should have suspected the deal was too good to be true. Penalties are usually not very severe for naive mistakes.
They can definitely make you return the stolen property and your only recourse for compensation falls back to the thief you bought the goods from in the first place. You're SOL.Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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04-17-2019, 11:30 AM #63
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04-17-2019, 12:28 PM #66Registered User
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04-17-2019, 12:45 PM #68Registered User
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04-17-2019, 12:48 PM #69
Or stolen.
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04-17-2019, 12:52 PM #70
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04-17-2019, 12:54 PM #71
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04-17-2019, 01:10 PM #72
At the very least, in all likelihood they are going to lose their sweet employee
housing deal“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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04-17-2019, 01:30 PM #73Registered User
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Surely someone's got to know these guys.
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04-17-2019, 08:28 PM #74Registered User
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04-17-2019, 10:15 PM #75Skiing powder worldwide
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