U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v. PRTaylor LLC d/b/a Father & Son Moving & Storage (D. Mass)
On November 2, 2021, the court entered a consent order in United States v. PRTaylor LLC d/b/a Father & Son Moving & Storage (D. Mass.). The complaint, filed on August 18, 2020, alleged that the defendant violated Section 3958 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (“SCRA”), 50 U.S.C. § 3958, by auctioning of the belongings of a United States Air Force Technical Sergeant without a court order while the servicemember was deployed. The auctioned belongings included the Technical Sergeant’s military gear, items that had belonged to a cousin who was killed in action while serving in the military, a relative’s military service medals, a dresser that was handmade by his great-grandfather, and his personal photographs. The consent order requires the defendant to pay the servicemember $60,000, pay $5,000 to the United States as a civil penalty, provide annual training on the SCRA to employees involved in the rental, management, or disposal of storage units, modify its storage contracts to include SCRA safeguards, and implement new procedures for SCRA compliance prior to enforcing any storage lien.
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