2007-02-06 20:06:39 · 18 answers · asked by Jacks036 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Yes and just as bad as the thief who stole them because you are buying goods that cannot ever rightly belong to you and you are purchasing them usually cheaper so benefiting through someone elses unfortunate loss and you are financing the thief's actions.
2007-02-06 20:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you knowingly purchase stolen goods, you can be charged with receiving stolen property and/or possession of stolen property. Depending on specifically what the property is, you can be charged with additional criminal counts as well. For example, if you purchased stolen credit cards, you can be charged with counts related to identity theft. The discounted price of whatever stolen goods you want to buy are not worth the risk of buying them.
2007-02-07 06:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by dh1977 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The purchaser of the stolen goods will be caught by the police as a master mind of the stealing or as the receiver of the stolen goods and he/she will be punished not as a thief but as a coopera
tor of the stealing.Usually he/she will get a harder punishment.
2007-02-07 04:24:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does.
Even IF, you did not know you could be in trouble and spend Months to Years in court trying to prove yourself innocent.
IF you did know the item was stolen , YOU now have possession of the "stolen goods" and the Real thief may get off scott free while YOU spend time in jail for "POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY".
Your caught with the stolen goods, While the original thief goes free.
2007-02-07 04:22:26 · answer #4 · answered by space_man_stitch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Canada you could be charged with a separate offence specifically designed for this situation:
"Being in possession of property obtained by crime"
You have to know it is stolen or should have known it was stolen (IE. buying a brand new TV still in the box from a guy in a parking lot for less than 1/2 of its value).
2007-02-07 09:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, makes you not only a criminal, but knowingly purchase stolen goods, you bet it is a crime and just as bad as the theft who stole it in the first place. To save your own butt, you need to report this to local police and let them handle it, could keep you from spending major time in jail later.
2007-02-07 04:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by m c 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called "Receiving Stolen Property". Yes, it is a crime and yes, you are aiding and abetting a thief.
2007-02-07 09:20:09 · answer #7 · answered by Tom M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. the charge is RSP- receiving stolen property, or possession of stolen property
2007-02-07 07:49:13 · answer #8 · answered by watchman_1900 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Indeed it does.A moral person does NOT buy stolen goods.
2007-02-07 07:46:11 · answer #9 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only if you get caught. dont grow a conscious now. at least you didnt steal it directly. people do it all the time and as far as im concerned stores dont mind robbing us with outrageous prices. so why should you care.
2007-02-07 11:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋