Ebay Pays for Stolen Goods

Stolen antiques and collectibles are often sold on eBay. But we hear complaints from our readers each week that the folks at fraud@ebay.com are very slow to respond. Often the sale is over before anyone checks to see if it is legal. Last week eBay, while admitting no liability in the sale of stolen artifacts, agreed to offer buyers the amount they paid to get some stolen documents back. For over six years, a 30-year employee at the New York State Archives took hundreds of documents dating back to the Civil War, then sold them online. He said he used the money to pay off his daughter's credit cards. The buyers did not know they were stolen and do not face criminal charges. The government...Login for more.

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