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The money order has a tracking number on it, that his bank must confirm with my bank that its legit before it passes.
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DJ_Ampz, sorry to hear about your situation.
Since I work in a bank, here's what I can tell you about the money orders (it's not good news either) 
All money orders have serial numbers so they can be tracked and traced. However, since a money order is essentially "cash", that is, once it has the appropriate signatures and blanks filled in, it's legit since the funds are debited from your account directly; whereas the funds in a cheque must clear before leaving your account.
Since it's cash, you cannot put a stop payment on it like you would a cheque. The only way a money order can be returned or voided is if it has been altered, forged or counterfeited.
On your end, you purchased the money order at your institution and it was done in the proper manner. So, for this individual to deposit it into his account provided it was made out to the proper name and such, what he did was not illegal.
From a legal standpoint, do you have any sort of records of the proposed transaction? Ideally, if you had something in writing with his signature saying he promised to deliver some goods, then you have a concrete case.
On the other hand, I'm guessing everything was agreed to in conversation and perhaps email, hopefully you emails indicate he was intending to give you the CD decks; you have recourse in that case.
My best advice is to seek legal counsel. If I'm not mistaken, even emails carry enough clout the same way a signed document does. Working in a large company, you always see the disclaimer at the bottom mentioning that if you are the recipient of confidential or privileged information, you have certain measures outlined in the email saying you must inform the sender and whatnot.
I hope everything works out for you, best of luck.
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