Apple reported iPhone 4G stolen, not lost

I don't see why so many people took "the guy found it and was trying to return it to Apple and they didn't want it" at face value. I'm not saying the Gizmodo story definitely misrepresented things, but Gizmodo and the guy who acquired the phone had incentive to paint it in a certain light.

Innocent until proven guilty and all, but just because the guy says he found it doesn't mean he didn't steal it. I'm not accusing him of pickpocketing or anything, but his story as presented doesn't add up, and he sure has incentive to lie about it.

Apparently it takes only 3 up-votes to get an article on the front page. Can we please hear less about this company for like a day even? It's as though Hacker News must examine every single element of this case. I can see certain articles or topics being defended on the grounds that it is of tertiary interest to hackers+entrepreneurs, but this has nothing to do with any of that.