Alright, since the general consensus is that stealing bitcoins is illegal.
If I discontinue the use of communication with said person (from a way that can be linked back to my IP address) and continue the conversation on an anonymized, encrypted email, with TOR, a VPN, and tails, and then execute said plan, law enforcement would have no way to prove that it was me who committed the crime and I would not be held accountable due to lack of evidence that it was me, correct?
I'm absolutely fascinated that people like you exist. Tell me about your parents. Were they cussing, drinking, smoking parents who were physically abusive to you? Do you think maybe you were born with some portions of your brain turned off (aka psycopath / no ability for empathy, etc) ?
What is it that results in a human being like you?
Are you aware that most of the world struggles with severe pain, both emotionally, physically, and otherwise because people like you exist? Wars, tortures, bloodshed, death, sadness, starvation, and misery originates with people who think ... like you. There are people around the world have to dedicate their entire lives to helping those that people like you hurt.
What is it that goes on inside the mind of someone like yourself, when you realize that you are the personification of everything most people are disgusted by, in human nature?
Just curious.
-B-
There are a lot of people that are like this, it is just that many are not as open about it. It happens enough so that the market for anti theft devices and security for inventory slippage is very large.
To answer IsaacDestruction's question, not necessarily. It is very well possible that your execution of this would somehow leak your identity. It would be possible that you somehow have some setting mid-configured and your IP address and identity would leak or your VPN is not as anon as they advertise themselves to be. If this were to happen then law enforcement would probably be additionally harsh in bringing charges against you as you had taken steps to hide your identity to avoid prosecution.