I was chatting with a lawyer in the EU who's familiar with this situation.  His words "Unfortunately I'm 99% sure that taking legal action is completely useless. The "damage" is relatively small and mostly for people outside of France, so this will definitely not be considered a priority.  And obviously the fact that it concerns crypto makes it even more complex.  There is no real legal framework, no customer protection legislation.  Also how in the earth is someone going to explain the concept of physical crypto to a French civil servant".

I just wanted to share.  I don't care if I see any money back from all this, I'd rather see others affected get it over wasting it trying to sue him.  My last thoughts on all this.