Can ebay press charges on this seller?

My friend was browsing on ebay for an iPhone 5 and she came across one that was within her budget. It had an auction set up but it also had a "Buy It Now" price of like $420 and free shipping. So she bought it. There was a 7-10 day handling period (I guess how long it'll take the seller to ship) and she waited the 7-10 days and tried contacting the seller and still no phone. It's been about 3 weeks and she has no phone and no money.

She opened a complaint ticket with ebay and their suppose to be getting the money back for her, but my question is, this is basically stealing… Shouldn't the seller be arrested for fraud or something? Can't she press charges or Ebay can press charges?

Ebay will get her money back, let them worry about it.

If she didn't check the seller's feedback profile, she threw her money away.

Ebay is not in the business of being the police. They can refund the cost but they won't be pursuing anyone.

You and your friend need to stop freaking out… Her money will be refunded after a simple investigation is done… Geeze!

If you ask me it looks like they may have to get confirmation of the items in hand.anyone who uses the ebay site might make a phony outlet, so ebay might never caught the individual.many cyber criminals could use some computer virus to take your online account.ask your friend if she invested in any software protection.there's a good chance the Iphone offer could be strategic move from hackers.

Ebay doesn't press charges - only law enforcement can press charges
As long as she reported it to Ebay before 45 days, they will refund her money. Ebay contacts the seller and gives them 5 days to provide a tracking number for the item before they refund the money. If the seller does not provide a tracking number within 5 days of being contacted by Ebay and your friend paid with Paypal, she will be refunded. It just takes time to be refunded