Inspired, a
well known Car dealer on Nairaland.com
may have lost nearly $14,000 to one of his US-based employees. In a
detailed internet message
(link has been disabled) posted on 30 August, 2010, Inspired alleged that
the female employee based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with-held various
amounts of money meant for his shippers and suppliers in the US.
By Inspired's
calculation, the total amount came to $13,958. According to him, all
efforts to get the employee in question to repay the money has yielded no
results for the past 5 weeks. To make matters worse, she has stopped
accepting calls from him choosing to communicate only via instant message.
Consequently, Inspired has forwarded the matter to various law enforcement
agencies including the EFCC, FBI, Interpol, Louisiana State Police, his
attorney and the internet news site Saharareporters.
Inspired's allegations
generated heated debates among members of Nairaland with a vast majority
of commenters expressing sympathy for his plight. As at 31 August, the
thread had been viewed 9523 times with 1384 comments. This is no mean
feat. As at the time of this writing, the employee who is also an active
member of Nairaland has not deemed it necessary to respond to the serious allegations made against her. This has helped to cement public opinion
against her.
Our Advice to
Inspired: This may seem
counter-intuitive, but the best way to get your money back may be to
through some sort of non-legal settlement. This may include getting back
to the employee by any means necessary and arranging some sort of payment
plan. We say this because the American legal system can be lax when it
comes to cases like this.
We know of a pending case
where an individual stole $10,000 from a company. The company forwarded
the case to the State Attorney. The State Attorney's office contacted the
accused individual who admitted to taking the money. He however promised
to pay it back. Thereafter, the State Attorney contacted the company and
informed them that they are dropping the case since the accused has
promised to re-pay the money. He advised the company to institute a legal
action if the accused fails to pay as promised.
As Inspired has noted,
the employee has admitted that she took the money. That is not in doubt.
However, it is not clear whether she has agreed to repay it. But if she is
taken to court, a judge will most likely give her time to re-pay the
money with the possible addition of any legal or court costs incurred by Inspired.
Considering that this process may be too expensive in human and material
terms, we have concluded that it is not the best option. This is easier said
than done but the call is Inspired's.
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Reference: http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-505977.0.html
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The NairaCarDealers.Com
Team
Posted 1 September, 2010
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