What to do if I hired a debt collection agency to collect on a contractor that was dodging payment and it collected but now refuses to give me the money?

What to do if I hired a debt collection agency to collect on a contractor that was dodging payment and it collected but now refuses to give me the money?

I have all the emails supporting this, as well as my contract with this company. Even better, I have a copy of the check that they were paid with. I have attempted to contact this company by email and all of the company phone numbers for 3 months. However, they would not contact me back at all. I left voice mails after voice mail and was very polite each time. I finally got a hold of the owner through another source (disgruntled employee). He emailed me and said that he can’t pay due to an audit. I told him that he was paid months ago, so where’s mine? He says let me see what my cash flow is.

Asked on July 20, 2014 under Business Law, Texas

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