In a closely related scenario, if you sell a kilogram of gold to a buyer who pays in counterfeited US currency, then the secret service will seize the $50,000 and you will not be compensated.
Doing business with criminals can bite you, even if you were not participating in a criminal enterprise.
I don’t think thats quite the whole story though. The feds would have no obligation to make you whole but you would almost certainly have a civil cause of action vs the buyer for the full amount, if you could ever collect. So don’t do business with people who can disappear or avoid court judgements.
Doing business with criminals can bite you, even if you were not participating in a criminal enterprise.