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Originally Posted by PharaohsVizier
And all of you throwing these laws around, I really have a hard time believing that Germans would throw this guy in jail for what he did. I'm GUESSING how the law works is that he has to KNOW it was stolen BEFORE he buys it and still buys it, which wasn't what happened here.
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He has to act as soon as he finds out it was stolen, that is the law. If he didn't know it was a stolen item when he bought the Kindle then he has not committed a crime buying it. But if he keeps a stolen item even AFTER he finds out about it, then it is criminal act. It is no crime as long as he doesn't have a clue, only. You have to report a crime, and you cannot have legal possession of stolen goods.
He wouldn't go to jail because of the low value of the item. But he would have a criminal record, the Kinde would be confiscated and he would be fined. And think about it, if something like that happened to you and you didn't report it -- wouldn't you be helping the thief get away? You can help find the thief because you have valuable information, and you might get your money back from him.