<p>Frankly, it sounds like your manager was pocketing quite a bit of money intended for other people. You can’t believe that you can count on anyone to verify an oral agreement from almost three years ago. While you sound like a sympathetic victim, that’s not the basis for a legal decision when you could have had a formal agreement and gotten paid in the normal manner. Sorry, but you were taken advantage of by someone much like a con artisit.</p>