Bought a stolen iphone from CL?

The title sums it up. So I bought a stolen iphone 5 for $250 (super cheap) and sprint refuses to activate it. So since they refuse to activate it on there company I was wondering if I could connect it to another on for example boost mobile or virgin mobile or maybe a prepaid company
Or does anyone know how to flash it?-.

No company will activate the phone because it's ESN/IMEI has been reported and is bad.

All phones must have a clean ESN/IMEI.

A phone with a bad ESN/IMEI will not be able to be activated.

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