EBay to buy back stolen documents
Documents dating from the Civil War and others to and from Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt are among hundreds of stolen documents sold online that EBay is agreeing to buy back and return to New York’s archives, a state official in Albany said.
The online auction giant has no liability in the sale of the stolen artifacts, but it agreed voluntarily to offer buyers the amount that they paid, according to the official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because not all details of the investigation have been announced.
The official said the buyers did not appear to know that the documents were stolen and wouldn’t face criminal charges.
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