Can an electrical apprentice file a mechanics lien on my property? He was not overseen by any licensed individual.

I paid an unlicensed contractor under the false pretense that they were licensed. This fraudulent contractor hired (subcontracted on his own authority) his friend to do the electrical work. The electrician is a licensed electrical apprentice, can this electrician file a lien against my property if he lies and says his friend didn't pay him? I did pay the contractor in excess of the work that he performed and am now in the process of trying to pursue civil litigation and criminal charges in order to get a reimbursement for some of the job. No proper permits were pulled and the city issued a stop work order on the renovation and the contractor disappeared.