We had a case of fraud perpetrated on us (money received, but no work performed), but were precluded from receiving the return of a $700 deposit due to the contractor's having declared bankruptcy. We gave up pursuing the matter upon receipt of such written advice on stationary from the State Contractor's Licensing Board. Never got to the D.A.'s office.
Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But there's a difference between debt and fraud. I would report this > > to the California state's attorney. You don't take a bunch of > deposits when you know you won't be in business in a matter of weeks. > Paul > On Nov 19, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > >> On Nov 19, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> > >>> I was about to ask the same question. Was this on a deal with > >>> Reed's > >>> camera? > >> > >> Anyone who takes a deposit and doesn't either refund it or deliver > >> the merchandise is guilty of fraud. Contact the states attorney's > >> office. This kind of situation should result in criminal charges. > > > > Trouble is, it sounds as if Reed's was going into bankruptcy, so > I'll > > just be a small fry in the long line of creditors. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail beta Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
