If someone told you that your most valuable business assets could be stolen in a minute and that it would be almost impossible to catch the thief or even figure out what had been stolen, would you believe it?

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But if the Dallas paper legally obtained documents stolen by a third party, precedent suggests it is the thief and not the newspaper who would be subject to prosecution, even if the newspaper should have known that the information was stolen.

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Planters also used group incentives to encourage honesty, doling out a barrel of corn to each hand with the caveat that if anything was stolen from the farm and no one turned in the thief, double the value of that corn would be deducted from each of their Christmas awards.

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