“The owners of a modest home near Twentynine Palms lost their cherished possessions after a bank mistakenly foreclosed their residence. A crew broke into Alvin and Pat Tjosaas’ desert home and took everything after being directed by Wells Fargo to secure the structure. The couple, however, didn’t have a mortgage on the home. Alvin said the deputy sheriff said, “Good news, we know who took (your possessions)…Wells Fargo. Bad news, your stuff is all gone.””
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Owners Lose Possessions After Home Near Twentynine Palms Is Mistakenly Foreclosed « CBS Los Angeles
via atrios: who notes, “Normally this would be a crime, but for some reason it isn’t. Nobody has any concern about prosecutions. The article doesn’t even raise the possibility.
(via sexartandpolitics)