insf paychecks and 401k not there

[Cody39]

What is the name of your state? Florida

Hello, i am trying to find out what i can use as leverage on my Ex Boss/Friend/owner i left another company to work for him with a verbal agreement 50k a year for 24months no exceptions (as i had just purchased a new home) we agreed, the first year i was close to the 50k but the 2nd year the company came into major financial problems; we had at 1 time over 50 bad checks out to vendors and payroll was getting tight as we were good friends for almost 8 years i stayed on as he assured me we would be ok,
around july 03 he didnt have any money to pay me i have about 9 paychecks that i cant cash only 2 have Signatures on them as he would give them to me and say to hold them, also i found out from another employee that the money that was coming out of our checks marked 401k wasnt actually being put into our 401k , now my friend has just sold his building and is suppose to pay me my 401k monies and paychecks and some other C.C. bills. (i payed a few invoices to keep us floating along) but i am worried he may not want to pay me all my money in full, i dont want to send him to jail but want him to know i mean business, any advice maybe legal jargon i can tell him so he can ask his layer about lol , thanks and soory for long post
signed
Stressedtothemax

 

[Ramoth]

You can file a claim with the FL Dept (or Div) of Workforce Innovation for the back wages, and a claim in small claims court for the invoices you paid.

 

[Cody39]

well they directed me to the state attorney,whom said they could only help with the checks that actually have his Signature on them wich is 2 out of 9 and a rather small amount compared to all 9 and also said they could file criminal charges and he could do 6 months per signed chck as he has a baby on the way i am trying to avoid criminal charges but thanks for reply