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DAMAGE
the largest player in the bank contracting industry. In recent years
the company has been the target
of hundreds of lawsuits alleging
that its workers have wrongly broken into properties and carted off
people’s property.
“Since the general allegations
were made in March about missing personals, we have attempted
to obtain information from [Mogelberg and Genel] so that we can
conduct a thorough investigation,
and we have continued to offer help
in other ways as well,” a Safeguard
spokeswoman said in a statement.
The cycle repeated. A few
months later, the family received
yet another eviction notice.
The second lockout happened
the morning of Aug. 1, while Mogelberg was in court seeking to stop it.
Once again, the family was
not allowed to retrieve any of
their possessions. Genel later
sneaked into a detached garage
and grabbed Jaylyn’s stroller, so
she wouldn’t have to carry the girl
in her arms while they waited for
Mogelberg to return.
“If I catch you here you will go
to jail,” she said she was told a
sheriff’s deputy.
An Orange County sheriff’s office
spokesman declined to comment.
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Bank of America says it has
dealt in good faith with Mogelberg
and Genel. The bank claims it did
not receive a copy of the lease until after the second eviction, and
that it still has not received a copy
of a check proving that a claimed
$3,500 deposit was paid.
A bank spokeswoman said Mogelberg and Genel were offered
$5,000 to walk away from the
A bank spokeswoman
said Mogelberg and
Genel were offered
$5,000 to walk away
from the property,
but that they did not
respond to the offer.
property, but that they did not
respond to the offer.
Mogelberg claims he faxed a
copy of the lease to the bank’s
outside law firm at least twice.
He did not keep receipts of those
faxes, he said.
He turned down the relocation
assistance because accepting the
money came with a catch: giving up his right to later sue over
the affair. At this point, Mogelberg still thinks he will prevail in
a fight to win a financial award