I am a residential homeowner and I contracted with a general contractor to do some rennovations on my home. The contract was over $100,000. The contractor never paid for the service of the plumber and now I have a lien against my home for plumbing services $9,100. I went to a lawyer who stated that the contractor had IRS liens, Liens against his property, Liens against his business and so forth. He stated attempting to get any monies back for non work on the property was probably not going to happen. I went to the police who stated they could not help. Under this Texas Code can I go back to the police and file criminal charges against the contractor as his actions were fraud and a misappropriation of funds.
I am not a criminal attorney, but I suspect you will struggle to get an answer here as this forum is realy more for civil disputes.
Instead of calling the police, I would suggest contacting the attorney general's office in the county in which you are located. What action they will take from there I cannot tell you, but some of these offices have very active consumer protection offices.
Best of luck!
Ben