Thank you. You have two options.

1. Sue him in small claims court for breach of contract. Small claims court is part of the District Court Division. It handles civil cases where a plaintiff requests assignment to a magistrate and the amount in controversy is $5,000 or less. The principal relief sought in small claims court is money, the recovery of specific personal property, or summary ejectment (eviction). A magistrate presides over small claims court. There is no jury and usually no lawyers. A person who loses in small claims court may appeal for a trial by jury before a judge in District Court.

2. Call the local police and seek criminal charges against him for fraud and conversion (taking your money and making it his without delivering on the promised service).

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