Havilah Investments and Dorvon/Convio

I reached agreement With Jose Cosme Sebastiao, of company Convio, Dorvon among others through a friend of his Samuel, phone number: +***5 or so I thought., that he would exchange $170 for R2200 on Tuesday, 17 May 2022. I had been led to believe he was a FOREX Trader which was why he could exchange it immediately. I made it clear that we could only go ahead if I was paid the same day, and he sent through a payment request for $180 despite me requesting he issue an invoice rather. I immediately made payment, and he claimed the money was on hold, but refused to send a screenshot to prove this. When the excuse of the money being on hold was not sustainable, he gave me text showing an ewallet supposedly available. I caught a cab down to draw it, but the number or pin was invalid. I requested a new pin from him and verified the phone number was correct, me and 2 other people tried the combination and it just said it was invalid. This led to me, and my family being threatened in our own house by a Bolt Driver and him leaving with appliances of ours, the R23 cab fair having jumped to R400 for some reason. This caused incredible trauma to my family. The next day a cash deposit to me was made of R950. Since then, he refuses to read or respond to any of my messages, I have informed him I will be forced to lay charges should he not respond yet I just get ignored by both him and Samuel. I have subsequently learnt there was no FOREX trader, and I was not dealing with Jose, but with a friend of his called Ajadi, whose Company is Havilah Investments and he was just someone with a PayPal account who offered to withdraw the money for a friend. Or so they claim. They have admitted the funds were released and instead of paying me, Jose, paid “Ajadi”, despite me making it clear I sent the money. Since that moment, Ajadis phone number is off, and everyone is giving conflicting stories. I could have done the same and had the funds by the 19th of May 2022, had I been told the truth, but now they have all vanished off the face of the Earth, and clearly have no intention of paying me. I am busy opening a case of ***** and Theft opened against them, and an investigation as to what transpired. Because of this my family has had to go days without food or Electricity, and not being able to purchase a phone the money was sent for, has all but destroyed my business. I cannot count the amount of business lost due to this theft. The latest update is Everyone has confirmed they have they funds but they still refuse to make payment, so am heading to the police station now.

Instead of paying I keep getting told why am I making a fuss over such a little bit of money. If it is such a little bit, why don't these prestigious "Traders" and "Investment" companies pay?