Claiming a Refund for Unfulfilled Promises

Reuven owed organization A an amount of 1000 dollars. Levi owed money to Reuven and told him he would transfer a 1000 dollars on Reuven's behalf to organization A and thus repay the debt. Levi didn't have the money himself and decided to make a fraudulent scheme. He has promised Shimon something in exchange of 1000 dollars and asked him to transfer the 1000 dollars to organization A. Levi never delivered Shimon what he has promised since it was a fraud from the beginning. So it works out that Levi has stolen the money from Shimon and with these money he has repaid his debt to Reuven and Reuven has paid off his debt to organization A with these stolen money. After some time has passed and everyone has realized what has happened and that Levi was a fraud, the question arose of how to act according to Torah. Since Levi does not have any assets and owes huge amounts to other people, is Shimon able to claim the money from the organization A or from Reuven?

Thank you for your question.

When you donated money to the organization with the expectation of receiving a specific product, and that product was not delivered as promised, the transaction is considered erroneous. It does not qualify as a valid purchase agreement. Therefore, you are entitled to claim a refund from the organization for the money given under these mistaken terms.