Company that sold belongings of deployed U.S. Navy sailors reaches settlement

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A San Diego-area moving and storage company has agreed to pay $170,000 to active duty members of the U.S. Navy whose belongings were auctioned off while they were deployed overseas, the Department of Justice said on Monday.

Across Town Movers, its parent company, Horoy Inc, and owner Daniel Homan settled a lawsuit filed in March that accused them of illegally selling off the belongings of 10 Navy service members who the company knew were deployed.

The firm used storage liens to justify the auctions, while the service members deployed overseas were unable to respond to local legal processes.

The settlement includes $150,000 to a single Navy sailor whose collection of vintage and rare car parts was sold off while the company billed the Navy to continue storing them, according to the Justice Department.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/company-sold-belongings-deployed-u-navy-sailors-reaches-005838695.html

[TexasProgresive]

1. Why do they get to buy their way out of prison

for grand larceny? and then the company could be sold for junk. The proceeds to the victims.

[Telcontar]

2. Better see some jail time

Stealing from servicemembers is unforgivebe

[RVN VET]

3. Daniel Homan and his fellow perps. . .

should all of them be deployed. Ship 'em out for 12 months. Sell or destroy their possessions, all of them. Let them return -- if they survive -- to nothing.

[Big_Mike]

4. Sieze the assets of all company officers

Auction them off, and give the proceeds to the service members involved. Win-win all around.

[billhicks76]

5. It's Criminal

Have some respect for our forces abroad.