Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports

Please be advised that this is my 2nd / THIRD WRITTEN REQUEST and FINAL WARNING that I fully intend to pursue litigation in accordance with the FCRA to enforce my rights and seek relief and recover all monetary damages that I may be entitled to under Section 616 and Section 617 regarding your continued willful and negligent noncompliance. I understand that cfpb complaint system is not read by anyone but Im more than happy to mail in copies Despite my previous written requests for you to provide me with the name of the person in your company who verified that these accounts are accurate and belong on my file, what documentation did they use to verify that these accounts are accurate and belong on my file you ignored my rights and instead told me that you are labeling my dispute as Frivolous and closing them immediacy. Your actions clearly demonstrate your willful violation of the FCRA and I believe the Courts will agree when I present them with copies of my letters and your responses to them. XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX, defines Verify as, 1 ) " To prove to be true ; to confirm or establish the truth or truthfulness of ; to authenticate. '' 2 ) to confirm or substantiate by oath or affidavit ; to swear to the truth of. '' and Verification as, Confirmation of correctness, truth or authenticity, by affidavit, oath, or deposition. Affidavit of truth of a matter stated and object of verification is to assure good faith in averments or statements of a party. You say that your company has reinvestigated these accounts and verified them as being accurate but it is obvious that you have verified nothing. All you have done is parroted information given to you by other sources and shifted the burden back to me to prove that the reported items on the accounts listed below are not valid which is clearly in violation of 1681 ( a ) ( 4 ). It is obvious that you dont have any proof on file to verify that these accounts belong on my file. When we go to litigation you will be required to produce the documents you used to verify these items through the discovery process and since you dont have any documents in your files verifying that these items are valid then that will be proof that you did not properly verify the accounts and they will have to be deleted and Ill be entitled to damages.

Please be advised that under Section 611 ( 5 ) ( A ) of the FCRA you are required to ... promptly DELETE all information which can not be verified. The law is very clear as to the Civil liability and the remedy available to me ( Section 616 & 617 ) if you fail to comply with Federal Law. I am a litigious consumer and fully intend on pursuing litigation in this matter to enforce my rights under the FCRA.

15 U.S. Code 1681s2 - Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies ( a ) Duty of furnishers of information to provide accurate information ( 1 ) Prohibition ( A ) Reporting information with actual knowledge of errors A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate.

( B ) Reporting information after notice and confirmation of errors A person shall not furnish information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if ( i ) the person has been notified by the consumer, at the address specified by the person for such notices, that specific information is inaccurate; and ( ii ) the information is, in fact, inaccurate.

( C ) No address requirement A person who clearly and conspicuously specifies to the consumer an address for notices referred to in subparagraph ( B ) shall not be subject to subparagraph ( A ) ; however, nothing in subparagraph ( B ) shall require a person to specify such an address.

( D ) Definition For purposes of subparagraph ( A ), the term reasonable cause to believe that the information is inaccurate means having specific knowledge, other than solely allegations by the consumer, that would cause a reasonable person to have substantial doubts about the accuracy of the information.

( E ) Rehabilitation of private education loans ( i ) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a consumer may request a financial institution to remove from a consumer report a reported default regarding a private education loan, and such information shall not be considered inaccurate, if ( I ) the financial institution chooses to offer a loan rehabilitation program which includes, without limitation, a requirement of the consumer to make consecutive on-time monthly payments in a number that demonstrates, in the assessment of the financial institution offering the loan rehabilitation program, a renewed ability and willingness to repay the loan ; and ( II ) the requirements of the loan rehabilitation program described in subclause ( I ) are successfully met.

( ii ) Banking agencies ( I ) In general If a financial institution is supervised by a Federal banking agency, the financial institution shall seek written approval concerning the terms and conditions of the loan rehabilitation program described in clause ( i ) from the appropriate Federal banking agency.

( II ) Feedback An appropriate Federal banking agency shall provide feedback to a financial institution within 120 days of a request for approval under subclause ( I ).

( iii ) Limitation ( I ) In general A consumer may obtain the benefits available under this subsection with respect to rehabilitating a loan only 1 time per loan.

( II ) Rule of construction Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to require a financial institution to offer a loan rehabilitation program or to remove any reported default from a consumer report as a consideration of a loan rehabilitation program, except as described in clause ( i ).

( iv ) Definitions For purposes of this subparagraph ( I ) the term appropriate Federal banking agency has the meaning given the term in section 1813 of title 12 ; and ( II ) the term private education loan has the meaning given the term in section 1650 ( a ) of this title.

( F ) Reporting information during COVID19 pandemic ( i ) Definitions In this subsection : ( I ) Accommodation The term accommodation includes an agreement to defer 1 or more payments, make a partial payment, forbear any delinquent amounts, modify a loan or contract, or any other assistance or relief granted to a consumer who is affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID19 ) pandemic during the covered period.

( II ) Covered period The term covered period means the period beginning on XX/XX/XXXX and ending on the later of ( aa ) 120 days after XX/XX/XXXX ; or ( bb ) 120 days after the date on which the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease ( COVID19 ) outbreak declared by the President on XX/XX/XXXX under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) terminates.

( ii ) Reporting Except as provided in clause ( iii ), if a furnisher makes an accommodation with respect to 1 or more payments on a credit obligation or account of a consumer, and the consumer makes the payments or is not required to make 1 or more payments pursuant to the accommodation, the furnisher shall ( I ) report the credit obligation or account as current; or ( II ) if the credit obligation or account was delinquent before the accommodation ( aa ) maintain the delinquent status during the period in which the accommodation is in effect; and ( bb ) if the consumer brings the credit obligation or account current during the period described in item ( aa ), report the credit obligation or account as current.

( iii ) Exception Clause ( ii ) shall not apply with respect to a credit obligation or account of a consumer that has been charged-off.

( 2 ) Duty to correct and update information A person who ( A ) regularly and in the ordinary course of business furnishes information to one or more consumer reporting agencies about the persons transactions or experiences with any consumer ; and ( B ) has furnished to a consumer reporting agency information that the person determines is not complete or accurate, shall promptly notify the consumer reporting agency of that determination and provide to the agency any corrections to that information, or any additional information, that is necessary to make the information provided by the person to the agency complete and accurate, and shall not thereafter furnish to the agency any of the information that remains not complete or accurate.

( 3 ) Duty to provide notice of dispute If the completeness or accuracy of any information furnished by any person to any consumer reporting agency is disputed to such person by a consumer, the person may not furnish the information to any consumer reporting agency without notice that such information is disputed by the consumer.

( 4 ) Duty to provide notice of closed accounts A person who regularly and in the ordinary course of business furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency regarding a consumer who has a credit account with that person shall notify the agency of the voluntary closure of the account by the consumer, in information regularly furnished for the period in which the account is closed.

( 5 ) Duty to provide notice of delinquency of accounts ( A ) In general A person who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency regarding a delinquent account being placed for collection, charged to profit or loss, or subjected to any similar action shall, not later than 90 days after furnishing the information, notify the agency of the date of delinquency on the account, which shall be the month and year of the commencement of the delinquency on the account that immediately preceded the action.

( B ) Rule of construction For purposes of this paragraph only, and provided that the consumer does not dispute the information, a person that furnishes information on a delinquent account that is placed for collection, charged for profit or loss, or subjected to any similar action, complies with this paragraph, if ( i ) the person reports the same date of delinquency as that provided by the creditor to which the account was owed at the time at which the commencement of the delinquency occurred, if the creditor previously reported that date of delinquency to a consumer reporting agency ; ( ii ) the creditor did not previously report the date of delinquency to a consumer reporting agency, and the person establishes and follows reasonable procedures to obtain the date of delinquency from the creditor or another reliable source and reports that date to a consumer reporting agency as the date of delinquency ; or ( iii ) the creditor did not previously report the date of delinquency to a consumer reporting agency and the date of delinquency can not be reasonably obtained as provided in clause ( ii ), the person establishes and follows reasonable procedures to ensure the date reported as the date of delinquency precedes the date on which the account is placed for collection, charged to profit or loss, or subjected to any similar action, and reports such date to the credit reporting agency.

( 6 ) Duties of furnishers upon notice of identity theft-related information ( A ) Reasonable procedures A person that furnishes information to any consumer reporting agency shall have in place reasonable procedures to respond to any notification that it receives from a consumer reporting agency under section 1681c2 of this title relating to information resulting from identity theft, to prevent that person from refurnishing such blocked information.

( B ) Information alleged to result from identity theft If a consumer submits an identity theft report to a person who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency at the address specified by that person for receiving such reports stating that information maintained by such person that purports to relate to the consumer resulted from identity theft, the person may not furnish such information that purports to relate to the consumer to any consumer reporting agency, unless the person subsequently knows or is informed by the consumer that the information is correct.

( 7 ) Negative information ( A ) Notice to consumer required ( i ) In general If any financial institution that extends credit and regularly and in the ordinary course of business furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a ( p ) of this title furnishes negative information to such an agency regarding credit extended to a customer, the financial institution shall provide a notice of such furnishing of negative information, in writing, to the customer.

( ii ) Notice effective for subsequent submissions After providing such notice, the financial institution may submit additional negative information to a consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a ( p ) of this title with respect to the same transaction, extension of credit, account, or customer without providing additional notice to the customer.

( B ) Time of notice ( i ) In general The notice required under subparagraph ( A ) shall be provided to the customer prior to, or no later than 30 days after, furnishing the negative information to a consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a ( p ) of this title.

( ii ) Coordination with new account disclosures If the notice is provided to the customer prior to furnishing the negative information to a consumer reporting agency, the notice may not be included in the initial disclosures provided under section 1637 ( a ) of this title.

( C ) Coordination with other disclosures The notice required under subparagraph ( A ) ( i ) may be included on or with any notice of default, any billing statement, or any other materials provided to the customer; and ( ii ) must be clear and conspicuous.

( D ) Model disclosure ( i ) Duty of Bureau The Bureau shall prescribe a brief model disclosure that a financial institution may use to comply with subparagraph ( A ), which shall not exceed 30 words.

( ii ) Use of model not required No provision of this paragraph may be construed to require a financial institution to use any such model form prescribed by the Bureau.

( iii ) Compliance using model A financial institution shall be deemed to be in compliance with subparagraph ( A ) if the financial institution uses any model form prescribed by the Bureau under this subparagraph, or the financial institution uses any such model form and rearranges its format.

( E ) Use of notice without submitting negative information No provision of this paragraph shall be construed as requiring a financial institution that has provided a customer with a notice described in subparagraph ( A ) to furnish negative information about the customer to a consumer reporting agency.

( F ) Safe harbor A financial institution shall not be liable for failure to perform the duties required by this paragraph if, at the time of the failure, the financial institution maintained reasonable policies and procedures to comply with this paragraph or the financial institution reasonably believed that the institution is prohibited, by law, from contacting the consumer.

( G ) Definitions For purposes of this paragraph, the following definitions shall apply : ( i ) Negative information The term negative information means information concerning a customers delinquencies, late payments, insolvency, or any form of default.

( ii ) Customer ; financial institution The terms customer and financial institution have the same meanings as in section 6809 of this title.

( 8 ) Ability of consumer to dispute information directly with furnisher ( A ) In general The Bureau, in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal banking agencies, and the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, shall prescribe regulations that shall identify the circumstances under which a furnisher shall be required to reinvestigate a dispute concerning the accuracy of information contained in a consumer report on the consumer, based on a direct request of a consumer. 

( B ) Considerations In prescribing regulations under subparagraph ( A ), the agencies shall weigh ( i ) the benefits to consumers with the costs on furnishers and the credit reporting system ; ( ii ) the impact on the overall accuracy and integrity of consumer reports of any such requirements ; ( iii ) whether direct contact by the consumer with the furnisher would likely result in the most expeditious resolution of any such dispute ; and ( iv ) the potential impact on the credit reporting process if credit repair organizations, as defined in section 1679a ( 3 ) of this title, including entities that would be a credit repair organization, but for section 1679a ( 3 ) ( B ) ( i ) of this title, are able to circumvent the prohibition in subparagraph ( G ).

( C ) Applicability Subparagraphs ( D ) through ( G ) shall apply in any circumstance identified under the regulations promulgated under subparagraph ( A ).

( D ) Submitting a notice of dispute A consumer who seeks to dispute the accuracy of information shall provide a dispute notice directly to such person at the address specified by the person for such notices that ( i ) identifies the specific information that is being disputed ; ( ii ) explains the basis for the dispute; and ( iii ) includes all supporting documentation required by the furnisher to substantiate the basis of the dispute.

( E ) Duty of person after receiving notice of dispute After receiving a notice of dispute from a consumer pursuant to subparagraph ( D ), the person that provided the information in dispute to a consumer reporting agency shall ( i ) conduct an investigation with respect to the disputed information ; ( ii ) review all relevant information provided by the consumer with the notice ; ( iii ) complete such persons investigation of the dispute and report the results of the investigation to the consumer before the expiration of the period under section 1681i ( a ) ( 1 ) of this title within which a consumer reporting agency would be required to complete its action if the consumer had elected to dispute the information under that section; and ( iv ) if the investigation finds that the information reported was inaccurate, promptly notify each consumer reporting agency to which the person furnished the inaccurate information of that determination and provide to the agency any correction to that information that is necessary to make the information provided by the person accurate.

( F ) Frivolous or irrelevant dispute ( i ) In general This paragraph shall not apply if the person receiving a notice of a dispute from a consumer reasonably determines that the dispute is frivolous or irrelevant, including ( I ) by reason of the failure of a consumer to provide sufficient information to investigate the disputed information ; or ( II ) the submission by a consumer of a dispute that is substantially the same as a dispute previously submitted by or for the consumer, either directly to the person or through a consumer reporting agency under subsection ( b ), with respect to which the person has already performed the persons duties under this paragraph or subsection ( b ), as applicable.

( ii ) Notice of determination Upon making any determination under clause ( i ) that a dispute is frivolous or irrelevant, the person shall notify the consumer of such determination not later than 5 business days after making such determination, by mail or, if authorized by the consumer for that purpose, by any other means available to the person.

( iii ) Contents of notice A notice under clause ( ii ) shall include ( I ) the reasons for the determination under clause ( i ) ; and ( II ) identification of any information required to investigate the disputed information, which may consist of a standardized form describing the general nature of such information.

( G ) Exclusion of credit repair organizations This paragraph shall not apply if the notice of the dispute is submitted by, is prepared on behalf of the consumer by, or is submitted on a form supplied to the consumer by, a credit repair organization, as defined in section 1679a ( 3 ) of this title, or an entity that would be a credit repair organization, but for section 1679a ( 3 ) ( B ) ( i ) of this title.

( 9 ) Duty to provide notice of status as medical information furnisher A person whose primary business is providing medical services, products, or devices, or the persons agent or assignee, who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency on a consumer shall be considered a medical information furnisher for purposes of this subchapter, and shall notify the agency of such status.

( b ) Duties of furnishers of information upon notice of dispute ( 1 ) In general After receiving notice pursuant to section 1681i ( a ) ( 2 ) of this title of a dispute with regard to the completeness or accuracy of any information provided by a person to a consumer reporting agency, the person shall ( A ) conduct an investigation with respect to the disputed information ; ( B ) review all relevant information provided by the consumer reporting agency pursuant to section 1681i ( a ) ( 2 ) of this title ; ( C ) report the results of the investigation to the consumer reporting agency ; ( D ) if the investigation finds that the information is incomplete or inaccurate, report those results to all other consumer reporting agencies to which the person furnished the information and that compile and maintain files on consumers on a nationwide basis ; and ( E ) if an item of information disputed by a consumer is found to be inaccurate or incomplete or can not be verified after any reinvestigation under paragraph ( 1 ), for purposes of reporting to a consumer reporting agency only, as appropriate, based on the results of the reinvestigation promptly ( i ) modify that item of information ; ( ii ) delete that item of information ; or ( iii ) permanently block the reporting of that item of information.

( 2 ) Deadline A person shall complete all investigations, reviews, and reports required under paragraph ( 1 ) regarding information provided by the person to a consumer reporting agency, before the expiration of the period under section 1681i ( a ) ( 1 ) of this title within which the consumer reporting agency is required to complete actions required by that section regarding that information.

( c ) Limitation on liability Except as provided in section 1681s ( c ) ( 1 ) ( B ) of this title, sections 1681n and 1681o of this title do not apply to any violation of ( 1 ) subsection ( a ) of this section, including any regulations issued thereunder ; ( 2 ) subsection ( e ) of this section, except that nothing in this paragraph shall limit, expand, or otherwise affect liability under section 1681n or 1681o of this title, as applicable, for violations of subsection ( b ) of this section; or ( 3 ) subsection ( e ) of section 1681m of this title.

( d ) Limitation on enforcement The provisions of law described in paragraphs ( 1 ) through ( 3 ) of subsection ( c ) ( other than with respect to the exception described in paragraph ( 2 ) of subsection ( c ) ) shall be enforced exclusively as provided under section 1681s of this title by the Federal agencies and officials and the State officials identified in section 1681s of this title.

( e ) Accuracy guidelines and regulations required ( 1 ) Guidelines The Bureau shall, with respect to persons or entities that are subject to the enforcement authority of the Bureau under section 1681s of this title ( A ) establish and maintain guidelines for use by each person that furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency regarding the accuracy and integrity of the information relating to consumers that such entities furnish to consumer reporting agencies, and update such guidelines as often as necessary ; and ( B ) prescribe regulations requiring each person that furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency to establish reasonable policies and procedures for implementing the guidelines established pursuant to subparagraph ( A ).

( 2 ) Criteria In developing the guidelines required by paragraph ( 1 ) ( A ), the Bureau shall ( A ) identify patterns, practices, and specific forms of activity that can compromise the accuracy and integrity of information furnished to consumer reporting agencies ; ( B ) review the methods ( including technological means ) used to furnish information relating to consumers to consumer reporting agencies ; ( C ) determine whether persons that furnish information to consumer reporting agencies maintain and enforce policies to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information furnished to consumer reporting agencies ; and ( D ) examine the policies and processes that persons that furnish information to consumer reporting agencies employ to conduct reinvestigations and correct inaccurate information relating to consumers that has been furnished to consumer reporting agencies. 
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