Generally speaking, which is strategically better to pursue first: Criminal or Civil action against someone assuming both are available to me. I pretty much have a slam-dunk civil case against someone, but I don't think there's much chance I'll be able to actually collect upon winning the case. On the other hand, I won't feel that I really gained anything by causing the person to go to jail. That being said, I find it psychologically impossible to let the person(s) actions to go unanswered. ...and I don't want to get my cousins to help me with this. <--- Just a joke, folks- sit back down.
I should mention that a criminal conviction is not as certain as the civil one, although, an arrest would almost be certain, though the one(s) responsible for deciding whether-or-not to charge could decide that it might be too difficult to convict.
I should mention that a criminal conviction is not as certain as the civil one, although, an arrest would almost be certain, though the one(s) responsible for deciding whether-or-not to charge could decide that it might be too difficult to convict.