Company That Sold Belongings of Deployed Sailors Reaches Settlement

The Department of Justice said on Monday that 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. 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. According to the Justice Department, 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.