Sounds more like a case of "impatience" than fraud to me. Nothing new that a company charges your credit card at the time of order, and often times things that are out of a companys control prevent them from deliverying thier product as fast as the customer wants, and as fast as the company would like.

Always two sides to a story, BUT here it sounds like you need to talk to your dad more often, as apparently he has been contacted by Minaska at least a couple of times.

Just a guess, but did Minaska "promise" your unit by a certain date? And if so, when they couldn't meet that "promise", did they contact your dad and apparently you didn't get the message that there was hold up? Just a possibility!