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    Default Can You Be Criminally Prosecuted for Failing to Complete Work for a Client

    I am being threatened with police report and warrant for arrest by a person who claims he gave me down payment for a job and I returned the furniture (antique restoration ) not restored , without doing anything to it .

    There are 2 issues in his complaint - the estimate was for a larger group of pieces and the down payment covered other work I did for him and also I have photo proof working on the furniture I returned , I just didn't finish it nor I asked for compensation for what I didn't do .

    He uses my words against me and accuses me of lots of things through a third party , I blocked him on my phone but he could email me - he emails other people we both know instead .

    Can he really have a warrant arrest for me for theft by conversion (he claims he will file police report and have arrest warrant for me for the amount of 500$ under theft by conversion accusation

    Should I just give him his money back although I'm right and he didn't pay me for more than I already did on site for him ? In front of him ? It's basically his word against mine
    My question involves civil rights in the State of: Georgia

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    I can't see the furniture from here, but to me it sounds like you defrauded him -- you took money to do work that you didn't do, and are claiming to have done "some" work but apparently so little that your customer can't tell that you actually did anything. If somebody looking at your work would think that you did nothing or next-to-nothing, unless you plan to lie, what is your justification for keeping his $500?

    You have given us no explanation for your failure to complete the work. Is it that you're incompetent? Lazy? How are we to know. The facts matter.

    You also need to start following the basic rudiments of conducting business -- written estimates, and written agreements for work to be performed and the agreed price for the work, signed by the customer.

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    Default Re: Can You Be Criminally Prosecuted for Failing to Complete Work for a Client

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    I am being threatened with police report and warrant for arrest by a person who claims he gave me down payment for a job and I returned the furniture (antique restoration ) not restored , without doing anything to it .

    There are 2 issues in his complaint - the estimate was for a larger group of pieces and the down payment covered other work I did for him and also I have photo proof working on the furniture I returned , I just didn't finish it nor I asked for compensation for what I didn't do .

    He uses my words against me and accuses me of lots of things through a third party , I blocked him on my phone but he could email me - he emails other people we both know instead .

    Can he really have a warrant arrest for me for theft by conversion (he claims he will file police report and have arrest warrant for me for the amount of 500$ under theft by conversion accusation

    Should I just give him his money back although I'm right and he didn't pay me for more than I already did on site for him ? In front of him ? It's basically his word against mine
    My question involves civil rights in the State of: Georgia
    What is this "other work" that you are talking about? Can you prove it and prove that it was worth $500.00?

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