I was part of a group which ceded managerial control of a small business (think 100-500k/year) to a minority shareholder. This person was paid a professional salary to maintain the business, while we kept majority voting rights.
We still had majority ownership until he decided he didn’t give a ** about our ownership claims and openly did his own thing.
The problem is, no lawyer is going to take the case because the $$ is too small and we would be risking our own capital vs the company capital.
The worst part…it’s an LLC and the manager remains kind enough to send the tax statement each year, so I pay for the privilege of having a company stolen from me.
It is confusing what when on here. If you hired him then you have a contract. Fire him. And if he doesn’t leave or return bank accounts or money get the police to charge him with trespass or thief depending. Also he has probably misappropriated money so find that and claw it back.
We still had majority ownership until he decided he didn’t give a ** about our ownership claims and openly did his own thing.
The problem is, no lawyer is going to take the case because the $$ is too small and we would be risking our own capital vs the company capital.
The worst part…it’s an LLC and the manager remains kind enough to send the tax statement each year, so I pay for the privilege of having a company stolen from me.
Choose your business partners carefully. :(