Sellers Beware - Fraudulent Buyer Tried To Scam Me Out Of $1200

Update - courtesy of the American Philatelic Society, who put out an alert, I found out yesterday that the stamp was offered recently to a dealer in Quebec via this e-mail :

"From: (edited out)
Subject: Question on rare British Guiana stamp
To: @arpinphilately.com
Hello,
I was wondering if you could tell me what kind of an offer you could give me on the following 1852 British Guiana Magenta Stamp?
-Matt C. "

The photo attached to this e-mail, sent by Arpin to the APS and forwarded to me, was a copy of one of my Ebay listing photos. This proves conclusively that Kaydene Chea did receive the stamp I sent, and lied to Ebay. She also libelled me in her written refund claim to Ebay, which described my sale as "fraudulent".

By Googling the e-mail address, I found a website showing that "Matt C" is in fact Matthew CHEA ; and that information enabled me to find a public records site which shows him living at the address where Kaydene used to live, and confirms that Matthew is (no surprise) related to Kaydene.

Either he was involved in planning this attempted fraud from the start, or he is now trying to help her dig herself out of the financial hole caused by her attempted fraud failing.

Great work by all involved on this. Fraud and scamming are rampant. I just spent the morning on the phone with Bank of America because somebody was trying to open accounts in my name (again).

Excellent thread and glad to see that the APS is willing to assist and we have gone further than I would have imagined. Here's to hoping for the eventual return of the stamp in question.

Indeed, what a story.
I am both saddened and exhilarated by the result.

" Here's to hoping for the eventual return of the stamp in question. "

To clarify - after Ebay rejected her return/refund claim, the buyer kept the stamp and I kept her payment. So she has "good title" and can legally sell it. But that doesn't alter the fact that this was attempted fraud, which is a crime. Kaydene Chea - perhaps with Matthew Chea as an accessory - tried to steal $1200 from me by making a false accusation to Ebay.

I have asked the Saint Cloud PD whether they can investigate this on my behalf ; but the fact that I'm thousands of miles away and cannot attend any meeting may mean they choose not to do that.

I wonder if the court system will catch up with the times and offer Zoom or some other teleconference for court attendance in situations like this (or is this already a thing in some places)? I'm sure there are nuances and barriers but physical distance in international situations should be given more lenience than given to criminals imo.

I constructed court facilities in the 90's that had video conferencing capabilities mainly to keep misbehaving defendants from disrupting things. Not sure why you can't testify via video conferencing. Lawyer in the house?

In the US a criminal defendant has the Constitutional right to confront accusing witnesses, so trial testimony for the government's case almost always has to be in person. Jailhouse video facilities usually are restricted to non-trial proceedings such as bail hearings, requests to modify the terms of confinement, pretrial evidentiary hearings, civil suits by the prisoner against the state, and so forth. Trial testimony of juvenile witnesses often can use video to protect the child, but not always.

Civil cases commonly use video for trial testimony, discovery depositions and hearings, especially because a party cannot compel a non-party witness to testify in person more than 50 miles from their home.