I didn&#x27;t finish the entire article, but my immediate thought was that this has something to do with these new phone drop spots that I&#x27;ve seen at grocery stores.<p>You apparently can just put a phone in one of these ATM-like machines and get money out, which immediately struck me as a clever way to buy stolen phones on the cheap from criminals, with indemnity... which would definitely lead to situations like this when those stolen phones are resold to unsuspecting consumers.