possession of a stolen property

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Hello all,

I have been arrested and about to go to court in 3 weeks for possession of a stolen property. Let me give you the story and any help would be great.

5 months ago a family member was staying with me and sold some fictitious laptops on eBay using my daughters account, They received payment for the laptops through PayPal ( also my daughters account ) and bought a new laptop (also on eBay ) with the money they received from PayPal , anyway the Police got involved and my husband, daughter and myself were arrested and questioned about this, ( my husband and I made a no comment statement ) ( and my daughter was not hear at the time as she was on her holidays and the police were happy with that ) when the Police came to my house the laptop that my family member bought was here and they took it away with them, they found out that the laptop was bought with the proceeds from the fictitious laptops and have ended up charging my husband and i for possession of a stolen property !

Am I right in thinking they do not have a case against me or my husband as the laptop they have is not stolen but bought by the way of what i believe to be fraud and deception.
any advice would be great, if you require any more information please let me know and i will try to help.
Thanks for taking the time to read this Thread.
 
Okay, consult legal counsel immediately!

Have you given up this family member? has this family member confessed to the crime? Is there any proof that this family member did this ... besides your say-so?

How did the family member get all the passwords and account info? How did no one responsible for the account miss the notices of items being bought and sold and e-mails confirming the transfer of funds?

There are a LOT of questions to be answered here, and if they don't come up right, you are in a world of hurt.

So ... has the family member been contacted by police? What did he or she say?

NOTE: I see that you are from the UK ... the laws there are different, so any specifics addressed may not be relevant to the discussion as most people here are familiar with US law, and even those laws vary to some degree by state.

- Carl
 
Do the smart thing: Keep your mouth shut, go to jury.

The suggestion that you become a rat, I can't believe I read that!

You didn't say ANYTHING to the bullies in blue did you?? Never, ever, under any circumstance, EVER talk to a "cop".

Did the bullies in blue even have a warrent? Or did they just come along and steal it? (This is usually the case)

Admit nothing, deny everything. Sounds like a bunch of bs to me and hope you guys win.

They have to prove an awfull lot at this point to even come close to a conviction. Make them prove it. If I were on the jury, you'd all be going home free and clear. You only need one like me for that to happen, one of twelve is not bad.
 
What?

Here in the states that could be a pretty darn easy case to make! I only wish most of our cases were this easy ... or, at least as easy as this one appears it might be as posted here.

Certainly, talk to an attorney, but keeping mum about the mystery family member is only going to make any defense unbelievable. But, hey, if YOU are willing to go to prison for him, knock yourself out.

- Carl
 
No I have not given my family member up. ( we do not grass in this family ) The passwords were stored on the computer in the house at the time, and no one noticed as stated earlier as my daughter was on holiday the emails were deleted before they were noticed. the Police did have a warrant, and there is no proof that this family member did this ! no one has confessed to the crime either.:o
 
Well, it's up to you. Rat him out, fight like hell, or just plead guilty. LOL, I know, that is no help at all.

I would attack the warrant first off. If you can beat that, you are on the road to freedom once again.

Crapy deal you got stuck with. I was brought up "never work for family, never vouch for family, never borrow from family". It works for me.
 
onpoint said:
No I have not given my family member up. ( we do not grass in this family ) The passwords were stored on the computer in the house at the time, and no one noticed as stated earlier as my daughter was on holiday the emails were deleted before they were noticed. the Police did have a warrant, and there is no proof that this family member did this ! no one has confessed to the crime either.:o
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Then the evidence will point to someone in the house, and to the person or people with immediate access to the account. The mystery intruder or mystery guest defense never resonates with a jury. And since you apparently profited from the criminal act, that is another offense you could be charged with. It all depends on how deep they want to look into the matter. Here, that would be a pretty solid case against you ... but, the laws in the UK may be a little different.

Nice relative you have that potentially puts all of you in jail for a crime HE or she committed.

- Carl
 
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