In 2009, Warren and Maureen Nyerges bought a home in Naples,
Florida, using cash. The home was a foreclosure that sold for $165,000. But in
2010, the Bank of America tried to foreclose on the couple. They’d confused Warren
and Maureen with the previous owner who’d defaulted on a loan. For months, the
Nyerges’ begged the bank to fix their mistake. No one replied to their calls or
letters. They were forced to hire a lawyer to get the foreclosure dismissed.
The judge ordered the bank to repay over $2,500 in legal fees for the wrongful
foreclosure. The bank simply ignored the court order for five more months. That’s
when Warren and Maureen showed up at a Bank of America branch with a moving van,
two sheriff’s deputies and a writ of execution allowing them to seize the bank’s
assets: computers, printers, cash drawers, etc. Within an hour, the bank
manager cut them a check for $5772.
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