If you contact the DA in his home town, you'll get all your money plus fee's.
Most jurisdictions would consider this a civil matter.
If criminal, do you believe the prosecutors office would pay for the OP transportation, lodging and other expenses for at least two court hearings for a $50 case?
Internet deals on the net can be compared to the law of the wild west. You are mostly on your own and what law there is is hit and miss.
