You have trained birds to steal money from people. What would the legal situation look like?
You trained birds to steal money and other riches within a 5 km radius from your house.
They mostly return with paper money and jewellery and always return the goods by flying into your house through an open window.
The people notice that some of their money and jewellery is gone but they can’t find any signs of a break in.
After a few months some of your neighbours notice that birds with either money or jewellery clamped in their beaks fly into your house through the window. With time more people seem to notice that birds return with (stolen) goods to your home.
Could these people press charges against you and on what grounds?
And if yes, how would you defend yourself if you were your lawyer?
[I posted this on the hypothetical subreddit. Since it’s a hypothetical question about the legal situation.
(I don’t know if “legal” situation is the right word for it since I know it certainly isn’t legal to posses stolen goods but I don’t know the right word for it)
It’s more about if people could press charges, on what grounds, etc.]