I reported the matter to the police so that have documentation of it. I also got refunded by one of the other two sellers. I called PayPal and asked if I'm supposed to close the 2 cases involving sellers who refunded me. The rep said I could go ahead and close the cases, but when I closed them it said that closing them would result in no further investigation.
I feel the theft should continue to be investigated since so many people across multiple forums for over a year have reported a person using that street address to ship fraudulent purchases to. When I had told police in that city that I'd been a victim of identity theft by someone using an address in their jurisdiction, they just told me to report it to my local police since "the crime occurs where the victim lives". They didn't ask for any information or anything. When I met with an officer in my jurisdiction, he just said it's up to PayPal to deal with it. So now that PayPal is no longer investigating two of the three purchases it's like letting the thief off the hook for those two criminal acts.
Anyway, after I closed the cases and I then got emails saying those two claims have been denied since the sellers have already issued refunds. Rather than "denied", shouldn't it say they were "resolved" or something to that effect?