No sir, but I have a bit of education in this area. I have a dual BS degree in Corporate Management, and Criminal Psychology from UCSD. I also have a Masters in Business Administration from the Rady School of Management at UCSD. I was a also a Deputy Sheriff for 4 years so I have a little bit of knowledge and experience in dealing with this kind of nonsense.
I feel as though everyone is under the impression that I am defending this guy. I am not defending him in any way, just shedding light on an often overlooked gray area in law.
As far as going to his higher up's at the department, unless he works for a large department, with some sort of Internal Affairs department, I don't foresee that being a viable route, either. Often times smaller departments are "buddy-buddy" with one another, and discipline is never carried out. Even in our large department here, IA often times won't take civil matters into consideration for disciplinary action. Being that criminal fraud is so very hard to prove, I feel, in my opinion, that this would be better handled civilly. I doubt, even still, that courts would sway in the plaintiff's favor, being that the defendant is a law enforcement officer.
If this was a matter of buying a NEW product, and it was in disrepair, I think something could be done, but courts like to work in the most bass-ackwards way when it comes to consumer protection. You basically have to prove that the seller intentionally hid faults and defects, with the intent of ripping you off. It sucks balls. I think you should be able to sue someone just for being stupid...