Transport 3 tons of coins to partner company to pay contract

Business Insider reported on October 26 that JMF Enterprises, a welding company in Colorado (USA), was criticized by a judge for acting "maliciously and in bad faith" when paying 23,500 USD (570 million VND) in coins.

In a ruling earlier this week, Larimer County District Judge Joseph Findley, in Colorado, disapproved of JMF Enterprises' method of payment in the form of a truckload of coins, saying the practice was intended to "annoying and frustrating" recipients through "cumbersome and costly" payments.

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Mr. Findley ordered JMF and its owner, John Frank, to pay the Colorado-based subcontractor in a more convenient manner, such as by check or money order. He also ordered JMF to pay costs and attorneys' fees on behalf of Fired Up Fabrication.

The dispute arose after JMF hired Fired Up Fabrication to work on an apartment building, according to CBS News. It's unclear when the contract went into effect. However, the subcontractor later filed a civil lawsuit, claiming JMF failed to pay the workers properly.

The two companies then entered into mediation to resolve the dispute in July, and JMF agreed to pay Fired Up Fabrication $23,500. Their agreement did not specify how the payment would be made.

In August, JMF hired a truckload of money to bring to Fired Up Fabrication headquarters, in the form of quarters (6 thousand dong). The total weight of this mountain of money is estimated to weigh more than 3 tons.

"Even if I wanted to get these coins, there's no way I could," Danielle Beem, the legal representative for Fired Up Fabrication, told CBS. The elevator in Mr. Beem's office building has a capacity of less than 1.5 tons.

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