Ebay selling my missing amplifier

@dobnbav - What makes you think the FBI would be remotely interested in this ? A $50K amp is not grand larceny in their world. Unless they were presented with evidence of a criminal ring moving high volumes of allegedly stolen goods across state lines ;  some big dollar wire transfer crime, etc. they have better things to do. Having had experience working fraud cases impacting a Fortune 100 company you really have to have something that wets their appetite, and is fully laid out with documentation and evidence for them to even sit down to listen about it.

@facten, I must say that is the most idiotic, defeatist bs response and false! If the product crossed state lines it is an FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation case. State and local authorities have no jurisdiction in other states. Your fraud experience is irrelevant here and evidently the wronged should do nothing. It’s a legal issue and you think $50k into worth anyone’s time? And how do you know or not if this heist was an individual or one  working within a criminal conspiracy. Brainiac, this wasn’t fraud! There are separate groups within the FBI just like within the NY or LA PDs.  They don’t cherry pick. If there’s evidence—in thhis case a $50j event where the potential whereabouts is know, what do you think they might do? Maybe there’s a large organization  located there with assorted high worth items!’ Really, I guess you know everything. News flash, you do not! Plus it helps to be persistent. I love one size fits all know-it-alll dudes. Original poster. Be aggressive, demanding, unwilling to not take no for an answer. As they say, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. You may recover your equipment or you may not but at least you have tried! Just whatever you do please don’t listen to this dude. I’ve had people tracked down , arrested and sent to prison three times where I was a crime victim, one a violent one.

@dobnbav - The only thing idiotic is you thinking that the FBI has nothing better to do than assign an agent to find someone’s amplifier. Have you actually sat down with FBI agents? I have. How about a US Attorney? I have.  I had 2 retired FBI agents in our corporate security department reporting to me for 9 years.  Have you worked directly with any?  Whether you think otherwise or not they are not going to get involved in a situation like this unless it is far more consequential in the aggregate.. And ,for something like this you’re going to have to provide them with evidence that it is more than an isolated instance to get them maybe interested. So unless you've had direct experience dealing with them I'd suggest that you keep your comments to yourself

One more time:

eBay is not going to help you - directly. 

MAKE A POLICE REPORT WITH ALL THE DETAIS; DOCUMENTATION, SERIAL NUMBER, PHOTOS, SCREEN SHOT OF YOU EBAY AD.

Then have then contact eBay and follow through through: 
https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/law_enforcement_customers.html

This is the only hope you have of recovering your amp or being reimbursed for its value.

There is no harm in reporting this to federal authorities, but I wouldn’t count on A lot of help as a result. United States attorneys offices, generally have a threshold amount of loss in a Matter like this before they will open and prosecute a case. That threshold amount will typically vary with larger offices requiring a greater loss. For most, that number is going to be above $50,000. 

this is not conjecture as I was in the justice department for several years. With that said, it may be worth reporting because there’s always the possibility that this case could be linked to others of a similar nature that might create some interest. Reporting it to the state authorities where the component is currently located might be more likely to get investigative action as knowingly possessing stolen property will be a state crime in all 50 of them
 

good luck