If we assume that QS and TF don't know each other, and how this is really going to legal witch hunt of Vod; i have to ask: How much do you have to hate someone to give
4600 USD just to cause him inconvenience at best ?
He committed escrow scams by his own admission. Therefore, by definition, he is a scammer.
No judge in the world would find me guilty of anything - but he is welcome to spend thousands to try.
I feel bad at times that your this behavior has made you lose all the reputation your earned as you had been really good in catching scammers and their alts. If only you hadn't made such mistakes, you would have helped his community a lot.
I believe his motive all along was to gain trust and scam as much as he could at one time from all his alts - then disappear.That's what i'm saying. All you need to get cleared of any forum trust related charge is to prove that to your best knowlegde and belief he (or anyone else for that matter) was scamming.
The forum is liable for the rest due to this quote "...or you strongly believe that this person is a scammer." as you acted by the guidelines forum provided.
This is how legal system is viewing things, so any legal action is futile imho.