Atlanta man says moving company held his belongings hostage, kept demanding money WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATLANTA — An Atlanta man says local movers he hired through a popular online marketplace that vets contractors held his belongings hostage, demanding extra cash.

“They said if you can’t pay us $1,000, we’re leaving with your property,” Denny Burditt said.

It took Denny Burditt a year after his husband Graham’s death to be ready to move their things out of a Dunwoody storage unit and into a new home.

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He used Angi, formerly known as Angi’s list, to find Star moving services for the short move down Georgia 400 to Buckhead.

“They said they were going to stop for water. They disappeared for three hours. (I) called every number I had. Text. No response. Nothing,” Burditt said.

Burditt says when the movers finally showed up, they immediately demanded he send them $1,000 through Zelle.

But even after he paid the money, they demanded more cash.

“I went to the …