Federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit accusing a Virginia company of illegally taking and selling service members’ vehicles.
Highlights
- Federal prosecutors file lawsuit accusing Virginia company of illegally taking and selling service members’ vehicles.
- Lawsuit seeks damages for affected service members, a civil penalty, and a court order barring the company from auctioning off vehicles without court orders.
- Federal prosecutors say the move violates the law requiring towing companies to get court orders before taking off service members’ vehicles.
- The law also prohibits enforcement of storage liens while service members are deployed in the U.S., but does not apply to those who are not authorized to do so.
- The lawsuit seeks damages and a legal order barring a company from taking off the vehicles without the court order to sell them.