A mobile home company filed for bankruptcy and left several families without homes and without the money they paid for them, KFOR-TV (Oklahoma City) reported yesterday. Rodney Wilcox and his fiancée spent thousands of dollars on a mobile home that they do not have. According to court documents, Wheeler Rental and Mobile Home Sales filed for bankruptcy days before the couple closed on their home. “It makes me feel like I’ve been robbed,” said Wilcox. Sixteen complaints have been filed from all over the state. “Some of [these people] were in fairly dire straits to begin with,” said John Maile, director of the Used Motor Vehicle and Parts Commission, which regulates the mobile home industry. While the company hasn’t paid the 16 customers their $80,000, it was able to pay a bankruptcy attorney $20,000. The company has a $30,000 bond, but that’s not enough to pay all of the creditors. There is a bankruptcy hearing scheduled for Monday, after which the commission will determine whether it will revoke the company’s license.
