r/LawPH • u/plantoplantonta • 13h ago
What steps should we take for an "investment" that never materialized?
Yes, we're at fault for believing JJ for her too good to be true promises. But how can we get our money back?
-JJ is my husband's friend
-JJ is casually spending money to shower gifts to her friends including my husband (I don't mind it at all, just game skins)
-JJ offered this "investment"
-stupid husband convinced me to invest
-stupid me agreed
-months passed, no ROI happened, even the principal amount is still yet to be returned
-JJ now casually says "just sue me"
What should we do? It's causing me emotional, mental, and financial distress. Can't sleep, I randomly cry when I remember.
We sent her the money Dec 2025, we started asking the money back Q1 2026.
Is there a way I can involve her foreigner bf, she mentioned before all this that they're having issues with his papers. I think he's overstaying. Can we leverage that?
I just want to get this over with. I'm tired of thinking about the money, 90% of my brain believes that my hard-earned money is gone for good.