Repossession hell: 5 extremely 'wrongful' foreclosures
The Pittsburgh woman says her bank "accidentally" took everything she owned—including her pet parrot. Hers isn't the first story like that
posted on March 19, 2010, at 12:00 PM
A Pittsburgh woman is claiming that Bank of America wrongfully foreclosed on her home, and in so doing ransacked her possessions, cut her power lines, padlocked her doors, and confiscated her pet parrot. Angela Iannelli, 46—who was away when repo men allegedly made off with her beloved blue macaw, Luke—says she's still "afraid to set foot in her house" and has filed a civil suit against BoA (the bank reportedly admits the foreclosure was a "mistake"). (Watch an ABC report about Angela Iannelli's foreclosed home.) Here, four more individuals claiming wrongful repossession nightmares:
Wedding dress and all?
Last December, Nilly Mauck, 31, says she came home to find her décor brutally simplified. Mauck claims contractors assigned to repossess condo No. 1156 mistakenly carted off all the furnishing and possessions in No. 1157 — her Las Vegas apartment of two years — everything from immigration records to her wedding dress. Though she's demanded "$100,000 to $200,000" in compensation, the Realtor has offered only $5,000. Mauck says she's seeking legal advice and learning "to live with the clothes on her back."
Repossession hell: 5 extremely 'wrongful' foreclosures - The Week
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