We paid a freelancer roughly $10k to do a gig, he took the money, kept us on the hook for months, and then bailed. We got nothing. We have his LLC and contact name and we paid via CC. To this day he’s still active posting and looks like he’s still trying to scam others.
How do we try to get some of this money back? IS there anyway? Also he’s based out of mexico and is a UK resident, and we’re US-based.
We can’t file a chargeback as it’s beyond the scope of the chargeback limits.
Suing seems tough here as we are entrepreneurs and it would probably be hard to actually get anything back.
Yes it does. It’s a civil matter handled in civil courts. In FL, $10k might be the threshold of handling this in civil court vs criminal court though. Talk to a lawyer.
Im pretty sure it’s closer to 5k. Plus when you win you still need to figure out how to collect.
The mediator in small claims court can/will help figure out payment solutions