I was ripped off by a company in CA, and I live in New York. What actions can I take to file a crime report?

After recently graduating from esthetics school (spa, facials, ect.) I bought spa equipment from a company called ree've lab out of CA when they were at the beauty/esthetics conference at the Javits Center in NYC earlier this year. At the Beauty show you get a lot of good deals, and so as a business investment, I purchased $1100 for all of the equipment for an entire spa room. Barely any of the numbers for this company work, and now when I finally find a working number and get someone on the phone, it's actually the owner, stating his name, but not his position as the owner (he was acting like an underling and like he had to go through different departments to get me my equipment, but in reality, and after researching, I found out there are only four employees and he's the owner). After weeks of me calling this man everyday, finally, he claimed the paperwork was done and he said everything was in motion to get my equipment shipped, and that he would call me the next day with a freight number and never did. This BS went on for a few months. Every time I call, he gives me an excuse and the run around saying it's on it way, but it never is. I have to block my number for him to answer my calls. Now he is still answering the phone at Ree've Lab, with just his name, but after all of this, he's now telling me that Ree've Lab went out of business and that he's working for and they're operating under a new company, and that they don't have to honor my sale anymore. I HATE TALKING TO HIM. He is mean, deceitful, and I have caught him in so many lies. I want to take legal action even though I don't have money for a lawyer. If I am in New York and the company was in Ca, what can I do? I know I should file a crime report of some kind, but I don't know where to start. I spent over a thousand dollars total (I don't really even have the money-it was more of me buying the equipment as a business investment- I used my savings that as a student took me a while to save). I have a receipt and everything that I would need to prove I bought it from them. I already contacted the administrators from the esthetics and cosmetology conference in New York to tell the the story. If I google his name there are millions of complaints. I don't know how he keeps getting away with it. I guess it's easy to prey on people at trade shows, because we automatically think it's safe to buy from a company at one of these events, but it's not and I don't want this stress happening to others! I have been losing sleep over this. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to read this.