Pool Scammers

We saw an ad in the Express for pools. We wanted to have a pool in our garden and there was a special for end of January: pool with free lapa. We called in a few companies for quotes and after some deliberations we settled for the one with the free lapa. We contacted the company on the ad found in the newspaper. Then we got the person to come visit us to discuss the future prospects. They came from East London. We did not have to pay a cent until they had dug the hole completely. then we had to pay 40% down. The next step was the concrete and marble-lite. They did that very quickly. They asked for payment after the pool was concreted. They wanted another 40% then. I objected as I asked where was the marble-lite. They told me to reread the contract and that the 40% was due after the cementing and not the marble-lite. I went to check the contract and indeed, it said that the 40% was due after the cementing. I was really put out. I asked them when they would start the lapa. They said that they would start the next week once payment was done. I paid the next 40%. Then we had bad weather for a few days so no work was done. We waited 4 days and no one came. Then we had good weather but still no one came. We phoned and could not get through on the phone or on emails. Two workers came the next day and hung around waiting for their bosses. My son just asked them to remove the piles of soil that were around the pool while they waited for their bosses. They worked all morning and removed one pile of rubble. Then they phoned their bosses and the bosses moaned at them for having come to work. They were told that they were to go home and that they would be told when to come back. They never came back. We believe that they never got paid for that morning's work. They had no idea like us that they were scammed. After a few days we realised that we had been scammed and left high and dry. It is a sick feeling that gets a hold of you. We opened a case by going to the police station. We went to the bank where we had deposited the money. The account was cleaned out immediately after our deposit. Fortunately we have photos as I took photos of every stage of the pool's progress. We have photos of the 2 mastermind and the workers. We have a contract with an address and banking details.