Legal Question in Business Law in New York
Dissolved business
In 2005 my business partner and I starten a business. She comtrolled the finances and ordering, and I took care of the customers. July of 2007 she accused me of credit card fraud. We opened 2 credit cards, under her SS# because of the better intrest rate. The business was doing ok, but we were ordering more than we were making. In Dec 2006 (without my knowledge or consent) paid off our business CC with her HEL. That balance was going to be transfered to the new CC to take advantage of the introductory rate.
Needless to say, payments stopped being made. Between the 2 cards there is about 25,000 owed. When her husband found out about the cards, he was furious. She claimed the cards were obtained fraudulently by me. With both accounts, there were 3 cards, for myself, my business partner, and my husband. I have been contacted by local detectives and the credit card companies. I stated to the CC people that there is not fraud involved. With one CC Company I signed a document stating that I would pay the charges made to the card in my name. Now with the 2nd company, I got a letter asking to confirm fraud. My business partner said she claimed fraud b/c there is no money to pay the bills. There is so much more to this, and I need help!
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Re: Dissolved business
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Re: Dissolved business
This really is not a question that can be answered in a forum such as this. What I can say, however, is that you should retain legal counsel as soon as possible, as this matter has now escalated both civilly and, possibly, criminally. You should not speak to anyone else without legal representation. My firm handles commercial litigation matters and we can assist you with this. Please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience so we can discuss this in greater detail.
Re: Dissolved business
You need to retain an attorney right away. I would not speak to any detectives, credit card companies or anyone else for that matter until you have spoken with an attorney. The fact that detectives are involved means they are investigating you and may file charges. You also may be exposing yourself to liability for the full amount of the credit card balance when you make payments. Please feel free to contact my office if we may be of any assistance in this matter.
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