FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS Maurenn Nyergers and her husband were able to live out the fantasy of millions of American homeowners when they started to seize the assets of a local Bank of America branch earlier this month.
Nyergers and her husband paid cash for their home and didn't owe the bank a penny--but that didn't stop Bank of America from filing foreclosure papers on the home.
The case went to court, and the homeowners were able to prove they didn't owe Bank of America anything on the house. In fact, it was proven that the couple never even had a mortgage bill to pay.
A Collier County judge agreed and after the hearing, Bank of America was ordered, by the court to pay the legal fees of the homeowners, Maurenn Nyergers and her husband.
The judge said the bank wrongfully tried to foreclose on the Nyergers' house.
So, how did it end with the bank being foreclosed on? After more than five months of the judge's ruling, the bank still hadn't paid the legal fees, and the homeowners' attorney did exactly what the bank tried to do to the homeowners. He seized the bank's assets.
"They've ignored our calls, ignored our letters, legally this is the next step to get my clients compensated, " attorney Todd Allen told CBS.
Sheriff's deputies, movers and the Nyergers' attorney went to the bank and foreclosed on it. The attorney gave instructions to remove desks, computers, copiers, filing cabinets and any cash in the teller's drawers.
After about an hour of being locked out of the bank, the bank manager handed the attorney a check for the legal fees.
"As a foreclosure defense attorney this is sweet justice," says Allen.
Allen says this is something that he sees often in court, banks making errors because they didn't investigate the foreclosure and it becomes a lengthy and expensive battle for the homeowner.
