# Criminal Possession of Stolen Property Just for Taking Some Stuff out of the Trash?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-possession-of-stolen-property-just-for-taking-some-stuff-out-of-the-trash/740663 "2015-12-17T04:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-possession-of-stolen-property-just-for-taking-some-stuff-out-of-the-trash/740663/21 "2015-12-18T21:52:39Z")

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> [@yellowjacketcoder](#):
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> Beat me to it. Is the “one person throws it out and another person ‘finds’ it” a classic theft scheme?

If I were law enforcement, I would also want to have a long talk with the “other jeweler in the building” who bought the stolen gems.

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**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-possession-of-stolen-property-just-for-taking-some-stuff-out-of-the-trash/740663/22 "2015-12-18T23:25:41Z")

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He had no reason to suspect anything awry: he knew the seller was a respectable security guard who worked there guarding his property among others, and his business rather expects people to bring in diamonds for sale.

$5 million in jewels for sale just meant the seller had been a wise investor.

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