Colinl22
10-11-2014, 12:42 PM
I've been scammed by my business partner. It's been a year ago last month I met this guy I helped as his real estate agent 4 years prior. Suddenly he comes up out of the blue, we formed an oral agreement to start a 50/50 partnership. for a 4 month period, I, not him, raised $250K by asking 8 investors/friends/or business people to invest in this new company. Partner turns out he lied to me, spent all the money, I got stuck with $90K debt. $32K on a $5K company credit card I opened and he racked up. Yep, how do you rack up $32K on a $5K max spending limit? He knows the system and how to fool the bank. turns out he has filed 6 BK's already in 3 states over past 10 years.
I as the supposed CFO have been dealing with the 8 investors that lost out because everyone now knows he is a scam artist and makes a living borrowing other peoples money. He and I were 50/50 on ONE thing...he actually paid half of a $12K debt to pay off one of the investors that was threatening us with a mob.
The other investors are threatening lawsuits. Two bounced a check from our now defunked company before I closed the 2 bank accounts and paid the banks their neg. balances of $5K.
I have 2 best friends in this, myself and 2 former business clients from my other business in this. I signed a operating partnership agreement but noticed during this whirlwind, he never did.
I have back statements and credit card statements showing he spent me credit, my money and the other investors money.
I paid $14K back in the past 3 months to investor debt. Owe another $180K to them. I also want to press fraud / scam artist charges against him OR now that he is working for a real estate broker... I'd like to garnish his wages from his upcoming commission check.
With no formal agreement signs... he ruined my credit, my financial life and my reputation.... what can I do to build a case agianst him in either a civil or crimminal case?
I prefer civil first to go for a wage garnishment order.... end of the money hopes of getting anything back will be the day I file crimminal charges for fraud. Can this be under company embezzelment fraud or just under scam fraud for lying to me and spending my credit and money?
Please help me? I need a lawyer to help take this case. I am out $20K cash, $32,800 on a credit card I closed and now defaulted on, $21K loan I had to take out to cover a bad business deal he did, plus the payments I've been making to investors without him even though he keeps agreeing to pay his half of the investor debt.
What can I do to report fraud? Or get a wage garnishment against him?
I as the supposed CFO have been dealing with the 8 investors that lost out because everyone now knows he is a scam artist and makes a living borrowing other peoples money. He and I were 50/50 on ONE thing...he actually paid half of a $12K debt to pay off one of the investors that was threatening us with a mob.
The other investors are threatening lawsuits. Two bounced a check from our now defunked company before I closed the 2 bank accounts and paid the banks their neg. balances of $5K.
I have 2 best friends in this, myself and 2 former business clients from my other business in this. I signed a operating partnership agreement but noticed during this whirlwind, he never did.
I have back statements and credit card statements showing he spent me credit, my money and the other investors money.
I paid $14K back in the past 3 months to investor debt. Owe another $180K to them. I also want to press fraud / scam artist charges against him OR now that he is working for a real estate broker... I'd like to garnish his wages from his upcoming commission check.
With no formal agreement signs... he ruined my credit, my financial life and my reputation.... what can I do to build a case agianst him in either a civil or crimminal case?
I prefer civil first to go for a wage garnishment order.... end of the money hopes of getting anything back will be the day I file crimminal charges for fraud. Can this be under company embezzelment fraud or just under scam fraud for lying to me and spending my credit and money?
Please help me? I need a lawyer to help take this case. I am out $20K cash, $32,800 on a credit card I closed and now defaulted on, $21K loan I had to take out to cover a bad business deal he did, plus the payments I've been making to investors without him even though he keeps agreeing to pay his half of the investor debt.
What can I do to report fraud? Or get a wage garnishment against him?