Sooo I need some help...

So "my friend"saw this way of making easy money, and "hes"dumb as fuck for doing it. Now "hes"am pretty sure "he"will be getting arrested or some shit.

So "my friend"was selling fake tickets (that didnt exist) to bonnaroo festival for $250, and he got money from like 8 people. he made somewhere around $1700. Well now a bunch of them are reporting himto the police and I am pretty sure at this point he isfucked.

Now would they take something serious if it was around 1500-1700 dollars. its not like it was 10k, he refunded as many people as he could and now hes down to $30 and cant refund anyone else.

Lets say hes also 17, hes getting charged as an adult too huh?