Many empegs have changed hands - especially Mk.1 units - and I'm aware that quite a few have been bought and resold by retailers. There's no way we can run security checks on new clients and orders, it would be totally unworkable. The clientbase isn't huge right now, but in the new year production is going to increase by an order of magnitude.
If your empeg is stolen please report it right away and we have ways of - potentially - making life something of a hassle for the new "owner". I strongly suspect, however, that most stolen car players would end up in a dumpster minus hard drives.
Rob