It's the last Monday in 2021. Thank goodness.
The lesson that I get from today's Court of Appeal opinion is the following: Don't buy stuff online unless it's from a well-known seller (e.g., amazon). Even if you're using an escrow service or whatever, the ways that you can get scammed out of your money are essentially infinite.
Otherwise, as here, your money may well end up in Russia.
I'm actually stunned they ended up catching any of the people here. And the main wrongdoers seem to have gotten away with it anyway.
But at least they catch the guy who picked up an "easy" $1000 by being a strawman who opened a bank account. Though he's such a minor player he only gets a misdemeanor and probation.
Meanwhile, Russia keeps the money.
