A welding business that tried to pay a $23,500 bill with coins is being blasted by a Colorado judge for acting in ‘bad faith’

• A Colorado welding company tried to pay $23,500 to a subcontractor in coins, CBS reported.
• A judge said the payment made with 6,500 pounds — or 3 tons — of coins was malicious and “in bad faith.”
• He ordered the welding firm to make payment in a more conventional way, such as a check.

A Colorado welding company that tried to make a $23,500 payment in coins has been blasted by a judge for acting “maliciously and in bad faith,” CBS News Colorado reported.

JMF Enterprises’ payment method — which came in the form of a truckload of coins — was aimed at “frustrating and undermining” the receiver by making payment “cumbersome and costly,” Joseph Findley, a Larimer County judge, wrote in his Monday ruling, per CBS.