The Justice Department reached a settlement with Los Angeles-based Black and White Towing Inc. requiring $22,000 in compensation to an active-duty U.S. Marine whose 2014 Honda Accord was sold while she was stationed at Camp Pendleton, and $5,000 in civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury, according to the DOJ. The company had been told the owner was in the military before the sale.
Operator takeaway
The Black and White Towing facts include a documented warning from the servicemember before the sale. If your intake records reflect any verbal notice of military status, that is evidence; treat it that way.