Class of Veterans Sues HSBC Over Foreclosures
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) - HSBC Mortgage Services illegally foreclosed on homes of dozens of veterans on active duty, without giving them the chance to seek judicial stay, a National Guardsman claims in a federal class action.
Lead plaintiff Philip M. Harry claims HSBC Mortgage Services violates the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
Harry, an Army National Guardsman who served as a sergeant in Iraq from June 2008 to June 2009, says he learned his home had been foreclosed upon and sold when his parents forwarded his mail to him in Iraq.
Harry says he was ordered to report to Fort Sill, Okla., for active duty on April 15, 2008, and that HSBC began foreclosing upon his home that very day. HSBC "attempted service" at his home on April 21, but Harry was not there.
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