Hi RoseRose,

Unfortunately, law is rarely about justice and more about strictly following written rules, so there are many shady people, in business and privately, who make it their modus operandi to exploit trusting people while still remaining within the limits of the written law and written contracts, for example deliberately using ambiguous language in contracts. That seem to be especially common in America, in my experience. The best way to approach it, IMO, is to see it as an expensive, but valuable lesson which might save you worse trouble in future, if you learn all you can from it.

Do you think it would be possible to warn other people about him? If you get any information about who he might be targeting as his next victim? Or, to ease your mind, you might want to dedicate some time to share your experience to help other people learn from it? Knowing that you helped others might make up for your pain.

Best,
K