Can you be arrested for swaplifting for swaps initiated online?

[bellden]

NOTE:

Names have been changed to protect the security of others. For classification purpose, we'll say the main swapper, *Lindsay* resides in Indiana. The other swappers are located domestically, but in multiple states.


Scenario:

Person 1 (We'll call her Lindsay) Has a bunch of items to swap and gets a about 200 offers to swap their items. They choose to swap with about 50 of the people. They mail the items out WITH USPS delivery confirmation (aka: USPS tracking). Their account is deleted by the site's admin b/c someone hacked it and now they can no longer communicate while in the middle of these swaps. They have already shipped out all of the items to their swap partners with the tracking numbers - and kept the tracking numbers for reference on a spreadsheet.


Person 2 (We'll call her Victoria): This person is one of the "larger" swaps of the group of 50 that *Lindsay* chose to swap with. *Victoria* is a head case, as it turns out, and since *Lindsay* got her account deleted, *Victoria* goes around telling all of the other parterns in the group of 50 that *Lindsay* is swapping with, that *Lindsay* is obviously a swaplifter. People start stalking, harassing, and threatening *Lindsay* even though she has delivery confirmation for all of the packages. They call *Lindsay's* post office, file complaints with the IC3 (aka: online division of the FBI, since most of the swaps are out of state, as this is usually the case with online swapping), and even calls *Lindsay's* local police department. *Victoria* and a bunch of the other swappers claim to have filed mail fraud reports, as well.

*Lindsay* THOUGHT she had the situation cleared up after she issued everyone's tracking numbers. Incidentally, everyone claims that even THOUGH the USPS website says the items are delivered, that NONE of them receive the items - approx. 30 people out of the swap group. The total amount of the swap would probably be somewhere around $5,000 (for ALL swappers, since this is a mutual swap - swapping items of value for other items of similar value).


Question:

SINCE *Lindsay* has proof of delivery confirmation that ALL of these packages were delivered and they even appear correct on the USPS website, since it shows the city, state, and zip code that all of the items were delivered to, and everyone is STILL threatening to call the police, FBI, and file mail fraud charges........

Sooo..........COULD *Lindsay* still get in legal trouble? Could she go to jail? Could she be fined for mail fraud? Keep in mind she has delivery confirmation for ALL of these packages showing they were delivered. What could happen legally in this situation?


NOTE:

PLEASE only leave legitimate legally sound answers. You don't have to be a lawyer to understand the law and the be able to give reasonable answers with consideration of the circumstances.

[kienan]

Honestly, I think if the paperwork is all there ..nothing can be done. It's not the senders problem once they have left the UPS.