This whole thing sounds like a post asking if 
that "account security" email from ebay or 
paypal was "legit".  People should just know 
better than to even question an obvious fraud 
like this.

Call me nuts, but even if some sort of legal 
action WAS being pursued, it would take a HELL 
of a lot longer than 2 weeks from the first 
complaint to total shutdown.  I only wish things 
went that smoothly and quickly in this country.  
That ALONE should be enough to red flag this 
whole thing.

If not, then it is blatantly obvious from the 
attitude of this poster that this is a big lie.  
All they did was see Nick's closing as an 
opportunity to fabricate a slanderous story 
around it.  Its just a person who is pissed off 
at Nick for one reason or another (or a 
competitor) and is using this as a way to cause 
Nick grief.  If the story was true (lets ignore 
the impossible 2 week turn-around for a moment), 
the lawyer would NOT be posting on an internet 
anime cel forum anonymously boasting about it, 
giving up information which should be more 
confidential, and generally acting like a 
pompous asshole.  And if this WAS because of the 
$750/$1500/whatever (so many made-up figures, 
its hard to keep track) insurance incident, 
methinks the "settlement" would be for that 
amount and wouldn't involve a shutdown 
whatsoever.

Its a shame, because if lawsuits and settlements 
WERE that easy, cheap, and quick, then maybe 
Nick could indeed pursue this loser in a libel 
case.  Mighty America is a kid who doesn't 
understand the possible consequences of what he 
is doing here.

All that being said, I've been in business for 
myself before and I completely understand why it 
is easier to just shutdown than drag things out 
with final sales.  It is simply not worth the 
time sometimes.  Nick is probably going to 
unload his cels to a friend or sell them off as 
a bundle to a fellow dealer or something of that 
sort.  Whatever he does with them is his 
business.  It shouldnt be suspicious that he 
wants to spend his time and energy on the brand 
new deputy site rather than linger on for 
weeks/months trying to unload stock that wasn't 
moving even with an 80% off sale.