Company forced to repay deployed Marines after illegally repossessing their vehicles

A North towing company was forced to repay nearly $70,000 to eight Marines after the Justice Department alleged he repossessed their vehicles in violation of the law.

"Service members sacrifice a lot — and, in many cases, everything," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a press release. 

"Debt collectors and towing companies shouldn’t be allowed to take and sell their property behind their backs. The Justice Department will vigorously enforce service members’ rights under the SCRA. Try to illegally take property from a Marine and find out."