Got ripped off

[cabinetmaker]

What is the name of your state? Washington

Here is the story: I’ll try to make it short.
I own a cabinet shop, where I manufacture mostly kitchen cabinets.
We do offer bank financing. But in this case I offered inhouse financing.
Reason for that: I knew the “gentleman”. I know this person for about 7 years.
Stand up guy, helpful. Not a friend, just knew him.
Anyway, he ordered new cabinets for his kitchen. He asked me if we could do an inhouse
Financing and I offered. Did check his credit, and it was 740. Like I said, a stand up good guy.
He got his cabinets and right away did not even bother making the first payment.
This was many month ago. On top of that, he is nowhere to be found.
I found out from other people that he’s left the country for good. Went back to eastern Europe. He was not a US citizen, just leaved here on green card for many years.
He’s been talking to a couple of people here in the US over the phone, and bragging how he’s got away with $ 97.000 cash and merchandise. A person who I suppose talks to him says this guy really took many businesses and credit card companies to the cleaners.
I think I know the answer for the first part of my question, which is: any way to repo the cabinets? But here comes the second question:
That he did not even bother making any payments, and I assume he did this with other companies, isn’t that a crime? Just charging but refuse to make even one payment on it.
Sounds to me, it is deliberate.
Anything I can do overseas? Even put him behind bars for this?
I’m sorry if the story is a bit confusing, but even today this makes me MAD

I’d appreciate any input

[JETX]

Originally Posted by cabinetmaker

any way to repo the cabinets?

If your 'in house' financing agreement includes a 'security clause', yes. Absent that... you probably can't.

That he did not even bother making any payments, and I assume he did this with other companies, isn’t that a crime? Just charging but refuse to make even one payment on it.
Sounds to me, it is deliberate.
Anything I can do overseas? Even put him behind bars for this?

In a very specific situation, it could be fraud.... but his being out of the country will 'trump' any attempt to pursue criminal charges. Simply, the police and prosecutor won't 'waste' tax dollars on this one.

[cabinetmaker]

Thank you for the informative reply.
Unfortunatelly, I thought the answer is going to be something like this.
What, if anything should I do? Or can I do anything at all?
The agreement did not include a security clause.
Now how do I go about letting some other companies know his whereabout, so maybe, just maybe someone can get him on something.
At this point I don't care who gets him as long as someone will.