Doesn't seem likely, given statute. If you were paid, you're not a
creditor. If you haven't been paid in full, you would fall under the
secured claim creditor class, based on your mechanics lien or similar, and
be second in line to the tax collector.

Of course, neither a criminal nor a judge feels bound by the law....

"GregP" wrote in message
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There is another form of abuse that has been evolving over
bankruptcy proceedings. Say you build the furniture for a
Director's room for a company, get paid, say, $10K and two
months later the company declares bankruptcy. In many
cases now, the attorneys for the company will come after
you for the money, claiming that you should be included in
the list of creditors affected by the bankruptcy. In some
bankruptcies, a thousand or more people and companies
have been hit this way, and bankruptcy courts have
supported it.