If your inheritance was the result of a bank robbery, do you still think it should be untouchable?
You're being very emotional about what seems like a pretty clear case of recovering ill-gotten gains.
You're being very emotional about what seems like a pretty clear case of recovering ill-gotten gains.
If somebody sells me a television they burgled from your house, I'd consider the transaction settled once the exchange was made and we'd parted ways. You would probably disagree.
Unknowingly buying stolen property still comes with a risk that if LE ever find it, they can take it away from you without compensating you.
I had my TV stolen and sold to a pawn shop. Detectives found it at local pawn shop and they recovered it for me. These laws exist so that when one is engaged in business, they have to do reasonable due diligence that they are not dealing with stolen or illegal goods.