Will Apple Be Prosecuted for Filing a False Police Report?

Yeah, I doubt it, as well.

But the fact remains is that someone at Apple filed a false police report. The 4th generation iPhone was never stolen. It was found by someone in a bar, who then sold it to Gawker.

Worse yet, Gawker returned the prototype iPhone to Apple before Apple filed the police report that the phone had been stolen.

Apple reported stolen property; property that had never been stolen and which Apple had already recovered.

In most places, Apple would now be on the hook for at least a misdemeanor filing of a false police report.

But not in San Mateo County.

The Federal civil rights lawsuit should be entertaining to watch.