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“ 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.
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)
How does this even happen? A bank broke into someone’s private residence which never had a mortgage with that bank and stole all their possessions because they thought they were someone else. This was not a “mistake”, it was a property violation and a crime. If a person accidentally broke into your house and absconded with your all your worldly possessions because they thought you were someone else I don’t think the law would be so forgiving.
