My Apple ID was hacked; $70 Gift Card Gone.

My Apple ID over night two nights ago was stolen. It was "released" by the criminal and iTunes said my Password was invalid. My Apple ID was open for the taking so I re-registered it. Any app I downloaded with it has crashed (only when I try to update, not use) and my gift card is not showing up.
At the beginning I had emailed Apple Support and their response?
"Robert, I noticed that your account "kahenniyou<at>hotmail<dot>com" was formerly named "myaccount<at>gmail<dot>com" and proceeded to explain how to permanently released my "myaccount<at>gmail<dot>com" Apple ID, not FIX the situation. He must have misunderstand "someone stole my account". Now, I re-registered because it was an invalid password before, now it says "cannot connect to itunes store" when I try to update an app.
On top of all of this, $70 of christmas money from my mother is gone. What do I do? Apple Stores said they can't do nothing, automated phone systems said nothing and the man who emailed me? works 8-5 EST Mon-Fri. This person has my bank acct info NOW.
Please help me! I am begging.
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You should contact iTunes Store Customer Support again and explain that someone has taken over and renamed your account, as well as made unauthorized purchases. You can contact them via: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/

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