I'm afraid our friend has gone the way that many others before have chosen: build a customer list, wait until the right time, keep the money and run.
Open up in a new city with a new name and start over. Anyone who has been ordering for any length of time has seen this happen.
I ordered 4 weeks ago, and I knew after 5 days what had happened. You will never find him.
By the way, PM still lists him as a sponsor on a couple of forums. No one has taken him off yet.