In the country I live in, if you are in possession of stolen goods and the owner can prove they were stolen, they are entitled to the goods back.  Doesn&#x27;t matter how many transactions it went through or how hard you tried to determine if they were stolen.  It&#x27;s up to you as the buyer to verify it.  I suspect it is the same in most places.<p><i>If someone gave me money that he couldn&#x27;t give me (for example, he stole it), I&#x27;m not required to give it back — he is.</i><p>Another example is banks- sometimes it comes up that banks accidentally credit people&#x27;s accounts with huge sums in error.  This money does not belong to those people, and if they withdraw it, the banks can take legal action to get it back.