Ohio man bulldozes $350K home to avoid foreclosure

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Ohio man bulldozes $350K home to avoid foreclosure

Tue Feb 23, 8:17 am ET

MOSCOW, Ohio – An Ohio man says he bulldozed his $350,000 home to keep a bank

from foreclosing on it.

Terry Hoskins says he has struggled with the RiverHills Bank over his home in

Moscow for years and had problems with the Internal Revenue Service. He says the

IRS placed liens on his carpet store and commercial property and the bank

claimed his house as collateral.

Hoskins says he owes $160,000 on the house. He says he spent a lot of money on

attorneys and finally had enough. About two weeks ago he bulldozed the home 25

miles southeast of Cincinnati.

Messages were left for the bank and its attorney.

IRS spokeswoman Jodie Reynolds said individual taxpayer information is private

and federal law prevents her from commenting.