Brady, I just saw this thread, and read your original post (I haven't read all the following posts yet). I'm sorry to hear this happened to you. From the little interaction we've had, you are a solid dude, and this is infuriating to read. You have a super positive and upbeat attitude. Don't let anyone take that from you.
That said, I'm quite fluent in Photoshop. If you have questions in the future, please shoot me a PM. I'd be happy to give you my .02. I've posted an example below that shows how poor his skills really were. This is simply a zoom in on the image and the windows snipping tool, so it's not the prettiest, but shows the blurs that mark the passport is a doctored image.
Again, I hate this for you man. Please feel free to PM me anytime if I can be of help.
Cleveland, OH
