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MusicIsLife
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You ever heard of "Van Malmsteen" ?
I'm participating in that thread. Typically, the FBI would have the resources themselves to take on something like that. They wouldn't farm that out to us. It doesn't seem like the perp is sophisticated enough to know how to cover their tracks. Paypal, Reverb, eBay have pretty lenient relationships with LE where they will hand over records without being subpoenaed. It's usually in the ToS. A lot depends on the number of victims and amount of the damages. The DOJ's guidelines generally require a compelling federal interest with any case.
If the victims file complaints, enough of them (the more the better), it has a better chance of getting attention. The FBI even has an online form for it.
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