Brooklyn Mover Gets 2 Years In Prison For Exploiting Customers

BROOKLYN, NY — An employee of a Brooklyn moving company was just sentenced to 24 months in prison for defrauding more than 800 customers out of $3 million yesterday in Brooklyn federal court.

The court said Andre Prince, 45, lured victims to use fraudulent moving companies and sign contracts between 2017 and 2020.

Once a victim's belongings were loaded onto a truck, the movers would spring new expenses on them, sometimes double or triple the amount, and threaten to auction the belongings off if they didn't pay up, the court said.

The company operated under several different names including Great Moving USA, Green Movers, New City Moves, Cross Country Moving and Storage, and Movers Consulting.

“The defendant enticed victims to use the moving companies he worked for and then held their belongings hostage to substantially higher prices and the threat of auctioning them off unless they agreed to the fraudulent demands,” said United States Attorney Breon Peace. “For his crime of conviction, it is Prince who will be moving — to a federal prison. My Office is committed to protecting consumers from costly and fraudulent schemes in the moving industry.”

Two more people are defendants in this case. One defendant is awaiting sentencing, and the other defendant — the owner of the fraudulent company — is a fugitive.