It is further questionable whether this person could even legally work as a contractor. Depending on the level of control the company exercised over how your fr

It is further questionable whether this person could even legally work as a contractor. Depending on the level of control the company exercised over how your friend performed their duties (and "admin stuff" sounds pretty hands-on to me), the government may actually consider them an employee. In that case the company is withholding wages, which would get them in a much bigger amount of trouble.