Although, as John Jacquemin is fond of saying,
people in the tax lien business aren't "kicking
old ladies out on the street", the record is a bit
different.

Well, maybe not ALL old ladies, or even widows
and orphans. Maybe just anyone who can't fight
back...
Aside from what one of his colleagues, Destiny-98/REO America, has
unquestionably done to me and my daughter, here's a link to a
disabled vet
The Salta Group (another colleague of Jacquemin and
Gales) seemed to be happy to help "out":
LONNIE E. McKINNEY's case...
D-98 trying to get Winifred Martin's
money, see D-98 litigation.

In this case Destiny-98 tried to get interest, misc
costs and fees on a tax lien they had purchased,
money that would otherwise go to "Winifred
Martin and her two incompetent children"
(per the
court record).

Gale lost his appeal for fees, interest etc, beyond
the simple refund of his tax lien purchase...
Linda Plemons:

In this case, Linda Plemons loses property since Destiny-98's
pathetically casual search for her address in order to notify her of her
need to redeem before she lost the property was accepted as adequate
by the West Virginia Court of Appeals, see \gale\d-98 litigation.

This is a case that Destiny-98 won.

HOWEVER, especially interesting is Federal District Judge Goodwin's
apparent
disgust with the West Virginia's Court of Appeals's acceptance
of the validity of Destiny-98's attempt to find Ms Plemons
. Judge
Goodwin's discussion begins on page 5 of the .pdf file, under the
section "B. Additional Concerns."

Link
here to .pdf of the Judge's decision and opinion.
D-98 loses home for Dianne Pittman because of sloppy procedure
on their(?) part, see \Gale\D-98 litigation

This is a complicated situation but basically Dianne Pittman lost her
home because Destiny-98 (or the city of Picayune, it is unclear from the
Summery)  failed to notify the Secretary of Veteran's Affairs (who owned
the property at the time) that the property was being sold for back
taxes.

Ms Pittman bought the property from one of Destiny-98's apparent shell
companies but lost it since the tax sale Destiny-98 relied on for their
own claim was voided because of the failure to notify.

From the Court of Appeals Summery, it appears that the property
reverted to the VA.

There is no indication that Destiny-98 offered any kind of help or relief
to Ms Pittman.

See
here for the Summery.
This page is being worked
on...
Widows and Orphans page...
Alice Hedger case where D-98 again went to great trouble to
give proper notice....
Look at the forms they gave me....