Ali Express — beware - home trends store on aliexpress are a fraud!

I placed an order for a beelink gt-king android box from the home trends store on aliexpress, date nov 11, 2019 (Order no: order no: [protected]). The seller gave me a fake tracking number that never showed any updates. Eventually i was forced to raise a dispute with aliexpress, but aliexpress decided i need to wait and eventually their tracking system, shockingly, claimed i had received the product on december 12, 2019. Home trends, who have received 44 complaints in the past month, never responded to my dispute, and instead asked me to accept that i had received the order. They are look to be complete fraud.
But unfortunately, aliexpress keeps rejecting my dispute. They have failed to ask home trends for any proof or evidence of shipment to my address/name or delivery. They have even gone ahead and released the payment!
I am shocked! I raised a second dispute, but aliexpress rejected it again.
This is fraud! I paid us$126.18. Please help!