> A private individual or company cannot file criminal/felony charges. Those are filed by a County Prosecutor, District Attorney, State Attorney, etc after bein

> A private individual or company cannot file criminal/felony charges. Those are filed by a County Prosecutor, District Attorney, State Attorney, etc after being convinced of probable cause. That's not true, depending on where you live in the US. Several states allow private citizens to file criminal charges with a magistrate. IIRC, NJ law allows actual private prosecution of criminal charges, subject to approval by a judge and prosecutor. I think that's a holdover from English common law.