Atlanta, Georgia
I'm being accussed of a crime by my former business partner. We dissolved the business late last year and it was very nasty. I tried to discuss diving assets of the company, but could never nail him down to discuss. I finally ended up taking what I felt was my fair share. We had owned a landscaping company and I took several thousand dollars worth of equipment, but left roughly the same for him.
Anyway he has now filed charges against me for theft because a few of the things I took were paid originally from his personal account. A lot of the ones I left had been paid by my account.
Now I have charges against me and I'm gonna have to go to court. I have specific knowledge of this person committing tax fraud in 03 and 04, well in excess of $40k lied about on his return. I know because I did his taxes.
If I threaten him with this, say a call from a pay phone or something, what laws would I be breaking? As long as there's no concrete proof of it, it's my word against his, correct? An conversation recorded without my knowledge couldn't be used could it?
Thanks, I know I sound like a jerk, BUT I'M DESPERATE and this guy is far more crooked than I even dreamed of being! If the case makes it to court, I'm turning the jerk in immediately after anyway.
I'm being accussed of a crime by my former business partner. We dissolved the business late last year and it was very nasty. I tried to discuss diving assets of the company, but could never nail him down to discuss. I finally ended up taking what I felt was my fair share. We had owned a landscaping company and I took several thousand dollars worth of equipment, but left roughly the same for him.
Anyway he has now filed charges against me for theft because a few of the things I took were paid originally from his personal account. A lot of the ones I left had been paid by my account.
Now I have charges against me and I'm gonna have to go to court. I have specific knowledge of this person committing tax fraud in 03 and 04, well in excess of $40k lied about on his return. I know because I did his taxes.
If I threaten him with this, say a call from a pay phone or something, what laws would I be breaking? As long as there's no concrete proof of it, it's my word against his, correct? An conversation recorded without my knowledge couldn't be used could it?
Thanks, I know I sound like a jerk, BUT I'M DESPERATE and this guy is far more crooked than I even dreamed of being! If the case makes it to court, I'm turning the jerk in immediately after anyway.