Bloggers in pajamas, only in this case, instead of solving forged documents, they solved a murder.
I remember last year when ebayers traced down a case of fraud right to the house when the legal system claimed they "couldn't find" the fraudulent sellers.
The internet is changing us in so many ways I never thought of.
I have a good friend who was swindled in this case, along with many others. The buyers had no reason to believe they were being ripped off, as the seller had several thousand feedbacks, at 99%+ postives. Once people paid, and didn't get their merchandise, they started communicating with each other, set up a Yahoo group, and eventually tracked the guy down. Without the internet, they probably never would have found him (although, you can say that without the internet, those people wouldn't have bought anything from him, but that's besides the point :) ).