Scammer caught. Are we fucked? HELP!!!

[Tuck]

I ordered some gear from ana*#$&#arms in Louisianna. I never got the gear, and the general consensus on this board was that he turned scammer. Well, he didn't: he got caught. I just got this long letter from the DA's office in Louisianna detailing the case, how he got caught, etc. I can't figure out, though, if I'm in trouble. The main letter says "verified complaint in forfeiture in rem" and talks about how much money they caught him with, that it's been seized, etc.
Is this just a courtesy letter, to let me know that the money I sent has been seized? Or are they going to come after me?
Should I just shrug it off, and assume that's the end of it?
Or am I going to be in trouble?

Did anyone else get this letter?

 

[nisser512]

I ordered some gear from ana*#$&#arms in Louisianna. I never got the gear, and the general consensus on this board was that he turned scammer. Well, he didn't: he got caught. I just got this long letter from the DA's office in Louisianna detailing the case, how he got caught, etc. I can't figure out, though, if I'm in trouble. The main letter says "verified complaint in forfeiture in rem" and talks about how much money they caught him with, that it's been seized, etc.
Is this just a courtesy letter, to let me know that the money I sent has been seized? Or are they going to come after me?
Should I just shrug it off, and assume that's the end of it?
Or am I going to be in trouble?

Did anyone else get this letter?

Clean house and play dumb when asked about it.

 

[jjmac]

Yup, just clean house and erase anything to do with it on your computer, I wouldn't worry to much but just play it safe for a while, but the media is treating steroids like heroin nowadays, wtf..

 

[blut wump]

The cops ran his business for a while, accepting but not fulfilling orders. One might reasonably consider that they've commited fraud and taken your money under false pretences but, it seems, the law in your country permits them to do this. You could consider taking legal advice on whether you could sue the Government.

A paranoid person would clean house in your situation.

 

[raider187]

Make sure you get a good program that will remove all trace events from your PC. I would not mess around with data left on a PC. It can be revived after deletion, I do it all the time at work...

 

[blut wump]

I thought we all did all of our incriminating browsing on a Linux livecd with any traces left only in RAM and permanently lost on switch-off. If anyone needs to worry about 'cleaning' their computer then they need to reassess their approach to security.

 

[Nelson Montana]

And why did you use your real name?

 

[Bourget]

And why did you use your real name?

If i'm not mistaken I remember reading in The Elitefitness guide to buying steroids online that you should use your real name because there is a possibilty that if anything comes down they could hit you with mail and wire fraud along with all the other charges.

Not True?

 

[Tuck]

Why did I use my real name? Good question! I guess I was afraid the mail wouldn't get to me otherwise. But maybe because I'm a big fat moron? A big fat moron with good muscles, mind you.
So I'm guessing the worst-case scenario is I'll get a visit from the cops, and I'll just play dumb, but the likeliest scenario is nothing will happen.

 

[blut wump]

The note is just to inform you that they're keeping your money BTW. It's not notification of intent to prosecute you.