What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WA, Pierce county
My daughter's coworker who turned out to be a drug addict with criminal history in theft (since age 8) conned a lot of money out of my daughter. It was one horror story after another and my young and naive daughter believed her and thought that she was doing the right thing. It was all a "loan" that will be repaid on a certain date but then something else happened and she asked for more or she and her little kids will end up on the street etc, etc.
Local police opened a case 4 months ago and took all the evidence (western union transfers, record of phone texts followed by bank ATM withdrawals and names of other victims with police case #s) -- and today my daughter went to check and they told her that they closed the case.
She went to the courthouse and since small claims has $5K limit, they told her to get an attorney. Honestly I don't know what to do. We don't want this ex-coworker to get away with it and she has done the same to many other people including stealing from the elderly with dementia. She is a CNA and looks for work at retirement homes with residents who have dementia and Alzheimer.
How do we proceed? What kind of attorney do we contact? Can we do this without one? She already lost so much money Any advise will be appreciated.
PS She got fired from a retirement home for stealing money from a resident with dementia (other coworker saw it). The boss swept it "under the rag" to keep the reputation and nobody knew about it. There were a lot of complaints of missing items and money from residents during the time she worked there. Her boyfriend is a criminal too and did time for the robbery.
My daughter's coworker who turned out to be a drug addict with criminal history in theft (since age 8) conned a lot of money out of my daughter. It was one horror story after another and my young and naive daughter believed her and thought that she was doing the right thing. It was all a "loan" that will be repaid on a certain date but then something else happened and she asked for more or she and her little kids will end up on the street etc, etc.
Local police opened a case 4 months ago and took all the evidence (western union transfers, record of phone texts followed by bank ATM withdrawals and names of other victims with police case #s) -- and today my daughter went to check and they told her that they closed the case.
She went to the courthouse and since small claims has $5K limit, they told her to get an attorney. Honestly I don't know what to do. We don't want this ex-coworker to get away with it and she has done the same to many other people including stealing from the elderly with dementia. She is a CNA and looks for work at retirement homes with residents who have dementia and Alzheimer.
How do we proceed? What kind of attorney do we contact? Can we do this without one? She already lost so much money Any advise will be appreciated.
PS She got fired from a retirement home for stealing money from a resident with dementia (other coworker saw it). The boss swept it "under the rag" to keep the reputation and nobody knew about it. There were a lot of complaints of missing items and money from residents during the time she worked there. Her boyfriend is a criminal too and did time for the robbery.