Chatham, NJ asked in Criminal Law, Products Liability, Insurance Defense and Securities Law for New Jersey

Q: A year ago my father took my laptop to try and get it fixed. He gave it to a man that he found online.

We lost contact with this man and my father has almost no way to contact him. I had thousands of pictures and hundreds of documents on there and I am worried I won't get it back. How should we go about this??

1 Lawyer Answer
H. Scott Aalsberg
H. Scott Aalsberg
Answered
  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • East Brunswick, NJ
  • Licensed in New Jersey

A: Best bet is to hire a PI to find the guy if it is important to you, then you can determine what your best options are. If you can't find the guy you can't really do much. He did not steal the laptop and may have tried to contact you and he may say you did not pay for the services rendered etc, etc.

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