Even if you manage to corner the person holding your cellphone, and manage to prove that it's your cellphone(with your receipt and IMEI),
dilemma 1:
you still have to prove that he/she is the one who stole your phone because he/she could have bought it from the theif, which she isn't aware that it was stolen(or maybe lie about it).
dilemma 2: if he/she bought it from the thief, then what?
scenario 1: he/she returns your phone and you give him/her the amount he/she paid the theif.
scenario 2: he/she returns your phone and you give him/her less than the amount he/she paid the thief.
scenario 3: he/she returns your phone and he/she gets nothing in return. She suffers the damage instead of you.
If the thief was smart, he would have sold the phone cheap and fast.
If he was dumb but was able to read this post, I'm sorry..
