Originally posted by Joel
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Your $200 million example that you've provided more details about is interesting, because the more you talk about it the closer to criminal it sounds. Given what a criminal investigator could prove about the employer's intentions, there's the potential for criminal charges (though that doesn't mean it'll ever come to that).
Here's an example for you: some slouch goes door to door pretending to sell driveway repaving/sealing services He advertises an crazy high price to unsuspecting homeowners, who pay him up front. He does this several times to different homeowners, and then disappears, never attempting to do any work...but also not returning the money. He could be charged criminally, but only if the police could prove that it was a scam and his business didn't just go belly-up. Sometimes the evidence to prove what you think happened just isn't there, so it's easier to seek remedy through civil courts where the standards of proof are lower.
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