Staffing company Eight Eleven Group sues subcontractor as it tries to fix $60,000 mistake

Broad Ripple-based staffing company Eight Eleven Group is suing a subcontractor to recover more than $60,000 that it says it mistakenly paid the company earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed in Marion Superior Court.

Eight Eleven Group said in court documents that it entered into two agreements last year under which two employees of technology consulting company Dataflake would perform work for grocery chain The Kroger Co.

Early this year, both consultants moved to a new employer, Neo Tech Solutions. But Eight Eleven Group didn’t update its payment system in time, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday. Dataflake continued to receive payments that were intended to go to Neo Tech Solutions, the suit said.

Eight Eleven Group said it mistakenly paid $60,280 to Dataflake for services the vendor did not perform.

Representatives of Dataflake, which has offices in Mason, Ohio, did not respond Friday to requests from The Indiana Lawyer for comment.

Eight Eleven Group says a Dataflake manager told the company in June that his company had “no intention of retaining funds that do not belong to Dataflake and will provide an update on repayment logistics shortly,” the complaint states.

But about a month later, lawyers for Dataflake accused Eight Eleven Group of breaching part of its deal and conditioned a return of the money on payment of “alleged damages,” the lawsuit said.

“Dataflake continues to retain funds that it knows do not belong to it and to which it has no contractual or legal right, while conditioning any return of those funds on [Eight Eleven Group’s] capitulation to an unrelated and disputed claim,” the complaint states.

Eight Eleven Group’s claims include breach of contract and unjust enrichment. The company is seeking its payments back plus interest, as well as damages and payment for attorney fees.

The case is Eight ElevenGroup LLC v. Dataflake LLC, 49D01-2610-CE-056144.