My elderly mother is trying to sell some property in another state. My half-brother has been helping her (under no contract). He represented himself to the buyer as having power of attorney and that my mother lived with him. The buyer (without checking into his claims) sent him $15, 000 as a down-payment. All without my mother's knowledge. My halfbrother will not send the money to my mother or return it to the buyer. Now the buyers lawyer wants my mother to file a police report. Shouldn't the buyer have to file the report since he is the one that cannot get his money back? He misrepresented himself to the buyer, didn't he?