STOLEN PRINT WHAT TO DO, by colinfishwick on Dec 27, 2010 18:00:45 GMT 1,

Dec 27, 2010 16:22:42 GMT 1 tobaum said:

First thing to do is indeed to see a Solicitor.
You might be surprised so it might worth the try.
I'm not familiar with UK law so unfortunately I can't help.
But my first though would be that firstly the print was not stolen, the credit card was stolen but the print was sold. Price was finally not paid but that's a different thing.
Then your friend did not know about the situation and I guess he cannot have troubles for this.
But like I said, I'm not familiar with UK law so professionnal advies is required here.

the print will be classed as stolen property, the person using the stolen card obtained the goods by deception, covered under the theft act 1968.

this happens with motor vehicles that are stolen, rung and sold on to people oblivious to it's history - you can do an HPI check on any car and it will tell you if there is outstanding finance/insurance write off/stolen etc but obviously you can't do that with Banksy's.
you can however contact PC for info and take due diligence when spending large sums of money.

where there is serious cash to be had there will always be people willing to break the law and exploit people's good nature.
the short and long of this is you must give the print back and argue the toss about it afterwards, the law is on the side of the person who suffered the loss, in this case AR. you may be able to to strike a deal with them to keep it by paying for it again at the price they sold it for but that is their prerogative, i'd like to think out of goodwill they would.
your friend's fight is with the fraudulent seller and will have to chase that money down himself, not get in to dispute with AR.

take professional advice and follow it, that is absolutely essential.

Dec 27, 2010 16:22:42 GMT 1 tobaum said:

First thing to do is indeed to see a Solicitor.
You might be surprised so it might worth the try.
I'm not familiar with UK law so unfortunately I can't help.
But my first though would be that firstly the print was not stolen, the credit card was stolen but the print was sold. Price was finally not paid but that's a different thing.
Then your friend did not know about the situation and I guess he cannot have troubles for this.
But like I said, I'm not familiar with UK law so professionnal advies is required here.

the print will be classed as stolen property, the person using the stolen card obtained the goods by deception, covered under the theft act 1968.

this happens with motor vehicles that are stolen, rung and sold on to people oblivious to it's history - you can do an HPI check on any car and it will tell you if there is outstanding finance/insurance write off/stolen etc but obviously you can't do that with Banksy's.
you can however contact PC for info and take due diligence when spending large sums of money.

where there is serious cash to be had there will always be people willing to break the law and exploit people's good nature.
the short and long of this is you must give the print back and argue the toss about it afterwards, the law is on the side of the person who suffered the loss, in this case AR. you may be able to to strike a deal with them to keep it by paying for it again at the price they sold it for but that is their prerogative, i'd like to think out of goodwill they would.
your friend's fight is with the fraudulent seller and will have to chase that money down himself, not get in to dispute with AR.

take professional advice and follow it, that is absolutely essential.