I have a sub contractor do some work, he forged my signature on the agreement?

Did he do work on your stuff or item?

If so, was it done as it should have been done?

If so, did he charge a reasonable amount?

If so then just pay him. He can sue you and win at this point.

If you answered no to any of the first three questions then it is more involved as to you showing what was done wrong or over charge you. Did you talk to him before or during the time he performed the work pertaining to the work?

If he should sue you then think about the time and expense of going to court and use what I asked above to weigh off your chances of winning. You can't nit-pik or you'll lose, there must be some substance there to stand on. If he performed properly and all you are doing is trying to get out of paying him because of a forgery you'll lose. In court I'd bet that the forgery document never shows up by him and if you present it you'll look like a fool and he will say he has never seen that before.

I'm assuming you're from the States, I'd have thought that any forged signature makes them responsible, particularly if the signature is significantly different to yours, it sounds like he could/should be charged under identity theft law. If he tries to sue you, I'd be inclined to say 'go right ahead' because you'll be persuing criminal charges for fraud, if he tries to gain further by attemoting to 'extort' more money from you from the original fraud then he's trying to perpetuate the original fraud further - so there would/should be further charges, I'd also look at assault if he threatens you personally, plus you can then counter sue him for several things, other than contractural breech by operating a business illegally, falsifying legal documents, extortion, then civil assault, tresspass (he has damaged or attempted to damage property with no legal right to be there, or conerced or ordered others to do so..... There are a whole host of options, I'd be looking for the building regulation authority to look at it first along with legal advice regarding criminal charges for fraud to start with.

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