Can I be held accountable for an iPhone that I sold someone on OfferUp later that was reported lost or stolen?

I purchased an iPhone from a seller on OfferUp whom at the time, everything checked out clean and i used it for about 4 days for my own personal use. I decided that i needed one with more storage, so i decided to put that one up for sale to get the money back i needed to buy a bigger one. It was an AT&T iphone and i met the buyer at an local AT&T store to have them check out the phone to make sure that it was 100 percent clean as well. They activated it on their account inside the store and the sale was made. Well, 3 weeks later, the buyer contacts me and tell me that the phone is unusable anymore - that the phone was just reported lost or stolen. I know that I didn't do it, but they told me that they are going to press charges on me by the local police. Can I be held accountable for this whole ordeal even though I have nothing to do with the phone being reported? The phone had previous owners before me whom i purchased it from.

In my state, they would have to prove intent or knowledge.

However, the seller is legally entitled to a refund. You would then have to pursue the person you bought it from to get your money back.

If you didn't report it, then I don't see how you would be responsible.

No one's pressing charges. It's not a crime but a civil dispute.

Depending upon the laws in your state, the buck may stop with you civilly or criminally (petty theft) if you can't offer up the guy you bought it from. Cooperate with the police, prove your story, offer up the guy you bought from you may be okay.

Whatever you do - DO NOT refund the guy you sold to without verifying his story. There's a scam a minute out there these days and he MAY be trying to play you.