I saw him, and invited him over for a conversation. I was hoping to discover what kind of mentality would cause a person claiming to be a Christian, to conduct business in the manner he had done. He did not stay long. In this case, had he actually come repenting, asking forgiveness, I would give it. For lying, cheating, stealing.
Life is a risk.
And then, seek to make restitution. In other words, we make things right from the heart, and then exemplify the heart attitude with actions. When Zacchaeus came down out of the tree he enumerated to Jesus how he was going to make things right with everyone he had swindled. In this case, we considered restitution for physical wrongs. However, for sin, there is no amount of restitution that is possible.