Grand
Strand computer company probed:
"Nearly 100 complaints filed with the Better
Business Bureau against a local computer sales and
repair business have prompted a criminal investigation
by Horry County Solicitor Greg Hembree..."
Read more about Seaside Computers and
Computer Inferno on this
page.
For instance, did you know that:
"Horry County records show that Seaside Computers
has been in civil court as a defendant 26 times since
2002. There are four additional civil suits filed
against the company's registered agent, Mark White.
Records also show that six cases have gone on to
circuit court. The company has been in business since
2001.
Hembree said his office has received complaints
from the magistrate courts, and the Better Business
Bureau and others have come directly to his office.
"The challenge that we have in any sort of consumer-related
problem is that there is sometimes quite a fine line
between what is civil liability and criminal liability," Hembree
said. "The penalties are drastically different." ..."
This is an important issue for the people
in the Myrtle Beach area and along the Grand
Strand. If you live in Myrtle Beach, Garden City,
Surfside Beach, Socastee, Murrells Inlet, Conway,
Loris, North Myrtle Beach, Longs, Georgetown,
or any of the other area in Horry and Georgetown
counties or Brunswick County in North Carolina,
be sure to follow this important news item here.
