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My husband sold a product to a business. After the customer received his product he went to his bank and put a stop payment on the check. My husband left him phone messages to inquire what the problem was. Of course, no response. He was sent a "demand letter" stating the 30 days notice return receipt. We received the receipt back, signed by a co-worker. We have since learned that he moved in the middle of the night - owing rent. Now, all his phones have been disconnected.
Good news... we found him, but he doesn't know it. He has set up shop about 5 miles from his old office and has changed his company name. I've been by the new location and have seen their vehicles so I know it's them. We've also found that he has various business names he's worked under in the past. He has a family member who has been listed as a V.P. of the company, however, we've never met him or knew of his existance. We want to be very careful because we don't want him to know we found him because we're afraid he's going to run again. I'm thinking he may be hiding assets under one of the various business names. He thinks we only know about the one name.
Questions:
When we go to small claims do we list his name, the company name we know... and ALL other business names we can find he's listed as owner? All these other names are associated with the same type of business (i.e. they are all computer stores listing him as owner). Also, do we list the V.P. (person has same last name different first name -we're assuming a brother?)
Should we do an asset search before we go to court? If so, how much do they run?
My husband sold a product to a business. After the customer received his product he went to his bank and put a stop payment on the check. My husband left him phone messages to inquire what the problem was. Of course, no response. He was sent a "demand letter" stating the 30 days notice return receipt. We received the receipt back, signed by a co-worker. We have since learned that he moved in the middle of the night - owing rent. Now, all his phones have been disconnected.
Good news... we found him, but he doesn't know it. He has set up shop about 5 miles from his old office and has changed his company name. I've been by the new location and have seen their vehicles so I know it's them. We've also found that he has various business names he's worked under in the past. He has a family member who has been listed as a V.P. of the company, however, we've never met him or knew of his existance. We want to be very careful because we don't want him to know we found him because we're afraid he's going to run again. I'm thinking he may be hiding assets under one of the various business names. He thinks we only know about the one name.
Questions:
When we go to small claims do we list his name, the company name we know... and ALL other business names we can find he's listed as owner? All these other names are associated with the same type of business (i.e. they are all computer stores listing him as owner). Also, do we list the V.P. (person has same last name different first name -we're assuming a brother?)
Should we do an asset search before we go to court? If so, how much do they run?