ExEmployeeTheft
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon, the buyer is in Virginia
A buyer and I came into contact on a forum for fertility medications for her last in vitro cycle. We agreed on a price and ship date. The buyer sent a deposit through Paypal. My assistant, who has since been fired over this and her work visa revoked so she'll be heading back to her home country this weekend, swapped out the contents and sent a children's book, and then she also sent it to a school in the buyer's zip code by USPS Express.
Before I knew she did that, all I knew as it was confirmed delivered and the balance hadn't been paid, so I posted about that on the same forum the buyer and I met on. It came out last night and this morning what my now-ex assistant did. A retraction and apology was posted.
What complicates matters is the buyer was in the middle of her in vitro cycle and had already gone a couple days without this medication by the day it was supposed to be delivered, and without this med, her cycle can't continue. Keeping going was questionable with already missing a couple days of the main med in the middle of the cycle. She had no other potential buys lined up. If she didn't buy from me, she was going to have to stop anyway.
Now since it was my choice, and fault, to trust this ex-employee, the buyer is getting a full refund of the deposit made. $100. The balance was $300, but that was never paid. So we are dealing with $100. However she wants to take it further and have me and maybe my domestic partner jailed for Christmas.
Right now there's a Paypal dispute, so I can't hit the refund button. I've written a statement to Paypal about what happened and that she's entitled to the refund, so please just find in her favor.
I am worried sick over this right now, sorry for the buyer, betrayed by an employee I trusted, one I hired and who was going to take over for me when I go on maternity leave.
I want to know what we can expect to come of this if she decides she wants to try having us jailed for what my employee did, especially since she is getting a full refund. What legal obligations do we have aside from that refund?
A buyer and I came into contact on a forum for fertility medications for her last in vitro cycle. We agreed on a price and ship date. The buyer sent a deposit through Paypal. My assistant, who has since been fired over this and her work visa revoked so she'll be heading back to her home country this weekend, swapped out the contents and sent a children's book, and then she also sent it to a school in the buyer's zip code by USPS Express.
Before I knew she did that, all I knew as it was confirmed delivered and the balance hadn't been paid, so I posted about that on the same forum the buyer and I met on. It came out last night and this morning what my now-ex assistant did. A retraction and apology was posted.
What complicates matters is the buyer was in the middle of her in vitro cycle and had already gone a couple days without this medication by the day it was supposed to be delivered, and without this med, her cycle can't continue. Keeping going was questionable with already missing a couple days of the main med in the middle of the cycle. She had no other potential buys lined up. If she didn't buy from me, she was going to have to stop anyway.
Now since it was my choice, and fault, to trust this ex-employee, the buyer is getting a full refund of the deposit made. $100. The balance was $300, but that was never paid. So we are dealing with $100. However she wants to take it further and have me and maybe my domestic partner jailed for Christmas.
Right now there's a Paypal dispute, so I can't hit the refund button. I've written a statement to Paypal about what happened and that she's entitled to the refund, so please just find in her favor.
I am worried sick over this right now, sorry for the buyer, betrayed by an employee I trusted, one I hired and who was going to take over for me when I go on maternity leave.
I want to know what we can expect to come of this if she decides she wants to try having us jailed for what my employee did, especially since she is getting a full refund. What legal obligations do we have aside from that refund?
