Now that matter would have been totally different again if lets say the producer paid you by check and you signed the release. After the fact said check did not clear.....Acct Closed or NSF then you have a "criminal" case since you have an actual negotiable financial instrument. This matter would generally fall under the "Fraud" statutes. If the check was sent through the U.S. Postal System you maybe able to even talk with one of the Postal Inspectors about laws concerning “mail fraud”.

Principals would also apply if the producer paid the performer in counterfeit government currency (bank notes). Where then the performer themselves would want to call the local office of the U.S. Secret Service.

It’s those “little things” that can make a persons life not really worth living.

Now I will tell you this….I am NOT a lawyer……but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.