Consumer complaint received 2020-07-10
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: NC
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Sub-issue: Account information incorrect

Complaint:
After numerous attempts to have fraudulent information deleted from my credit bureau, I have requested XXXX XXXX XXXX to delete their account from my credit bureau due to inaccuracies they allege are civil. 

After submitting a complaint a generic response was sent back by XXXX that provided absolutely no factual information nor any valid defense to their decision to remain " unchanged '' as they stated on their decision to falsely report information against me that was the result of credit card fraud and identity theft. 

XXXX XXXX is engaging in a tactic using generic responses without actually providing proof they have investigated my claim as well as submitting information based on how they " feel '' not what is based on fact or law. They have routinely denied my claim for this account to be removed from my credit even when presented with copies of the police report that document the fact I am the victim of fraud and identity theft and even provided them the name of the person who is the theif. Their response is that they " feel '' the complaint is civil as the person involved is an ex-girlfriend but they fail to examine the actual laws that govern this case and prove this is not civil nor that how they " feel '' can suddenly make the case a civil case simply because they do not wish to actually charge off an account due to this criminal activity and instead have openly and incorrectly demanded I collect the money myself. This is now how the legal system works and XXXX XXXX is not immune to the consequences of violating the Fair Credit Billing Act or the fact that at least 4 state statutes in North Carolina directly define my situation as criminal fraud as well as two Federal Statutes. 

XXXX XXXX is not investigating in good faith or they would be able to see within minutes that the following statutes cover my case of being the victim of fraud and have no legal standing to push off my case as " civil ''. 

Lastly, XXXX is making inaccurate statements that they are attributing to me in their investigation that I never made. XXXX is stating I claim this person " handled my finances '' which is not true, XXXX has claimed in the past that I gave this person permission to use my cards, which is also false, and most recently XXXX has made the allegation that this account is a civil matter due to my request to " pay me back '' the stolen funds, which is also untrue. I have never asked her to pay me, I instructed that she payoff the stolen cards, or face criminal charges, which is exactly what has occurred. XXXX has submitted falsified information as part of their " investigation '' in this case which they never gathered from me, but somehow found this information in their report as if I was even spoken to about this complaint. XXXX has not spoken to me regarding this fraudulent activity since the initial filing almost two years ago and has not validated anything they reported on that investigation. They then continue to use this same misinformation and use statements against me that I never made as proof of their results of the investigation, yet refuse to take actual signed affidavit 's of fraud which I offered to them the day I filed the claim. XXXX is falsifying information and relying on fundamentally faulty information which is counter to the law. So, to provide proof once again XXXX is wrong in their claim of this being a " civil '' matter I am attaching all relevant statutes, both state and Federal, which directly contradict statements made by XXXX XXXX. 

The following State of North Carolina Statutes define the charges made by the ex on my credit card as fraud : 14-113.9. Financial transaction card theft. ( a ) A person is guilty of financial transaction card theft when the person does any of the following : ( 1 ) Takes, obtains or withholds a financial transaction card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder 's consent and with the intent to use it ; or who, with knowledge that it has been so taken, obtained or withheld, receives the financial transaction card with intent to use it or to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder 14-113.13. Financial transaction card fraud. ( a ) A person is guilty of financial transaction card fraud when, with intent to defraud the issuer, a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or any another person, he ( 1 ) Uses for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value a financial transaction card obtained or retained, or which was received with knowledge that it was obtained or retained, in violation of G.S. 14-113.9 or 14-113.11 or a financial transaction card which he knows is forged, altered, expired, revoked or was obtained as a result of a fraudulent application in violation of G.S. 14-113.13 ( c ) ; or ( 2 )  Obtains money, goods, services, or anything else of value by : a. Representing without the consent of the cardholder that he is the holder of a specified card ; or b. Presenting the financial transaction card without the authorization or permission of the cardholder ; or c. Representing that he is the holder of a card and such card has not in fact been issued ; or d. Using a financial transaction card to knowingly and willfully exceed : 1. The actual balance of a demand deposit account or time deposit account ; or 2. An authorized credit line in an amount which exceeds such authorized credit line in the amount of XXXX XXXX dollars ( {$500.00} ), or fifty percent ( 50 % ) of such authorized credit line, whichever is greater ; or ( 3 ) Obtains control over a financial transaction card as security for debt ; or ( 4 ) Deposits into his account or any account, by means of an automated banking device, a false, fictitious, forged, altered or counterfeit check, draft, money order, or any other such document not his lawful or legal property ; or ( 5 ) Receives money, goods, services or anything else of value as a result of a false, fictitious, forged, altered, or counterfeit check, draft, money order or any other such document having been deposited into an account via an automated banking device, knowing at the time of receipt of the money, goods, services, or item of value that the document so deposited was false, fictitious, forged, altered or counterfeit or that the above deposited item was not his lawful or legal property 14-113.11. Forgery of financial transaction card. ( a ) A person is guilty of financial transaction card forgery when : ( 2 ) With intent to defraud a purported issuer, a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value, or any other person, he falsely encodes, duplicates or alters existing encoded information on a financial transaction card or utters such a financial transaction card ; 14-113.15. Criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained. A person is guilty of criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained when he receives money, goods, services or anything else of value obtained in violation of G.S. 14-113.13 ( a ) with the knowledge or belief that the same were obtained in violation of G.S. 14-113.13 ( a ). Conviction of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained is punishable as provided in G.S. 14-113.17 ( a ) if the value of all the money, goods, services and anything else of value, obtained in violation of this section, does not exceed five hundred dollars ( {$500.00} ) in any six-month period ; conviction of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained is punishable as provided in G.S . 14-113.17 ( b ) if such value exceeds XXXX XXXX dollars ( {$500.00} ) in any six-month period. ( 1967, c. 1244, s. 2 ; 1979, c. 741, s. 1. ) 14-113.17. Punishment and penalties. ( b ) A crime punishable under this Article is punishable as a Class I felony. ( 1967, c. 1244, s. 2 ; 1979, c. 741, s. 1 ; c. 760, s. 5 ; 1993, c. 539, ss. 55, 1183 ; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14 ( c ). The Federal Statutes which also confirm the actions against me as criminal fraud are as follows : 15 U.S.C. 1644 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 15. Commerce and Trade 1644. Fraudulent use of credit cards ; penalties ( a ) Use, attempt or conspiracy to use card in transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce Whoever knowingly in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses or attempts or conspires to use any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit card to obtain money, goods, services, or anything else of value which within any one-year period has a value aggregating {$1000.00} or more ; or ( d ) Receipt, concealment, etc., of goods obtained by use of card Whoever knowingly receives, conceals, uses, or transports money, goods, services, or anything else of value ( except tickets for interstate or foreign transportation ) which ( 1 ) within any one-year period has a value aggregating {$1000.00} or more, ( 2 ) has moved in or is part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, and ( 3 ) has been obtained with a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit card ; or ( f ) Furnishing of money, etc., through use of card Whoever in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce furnishes money, property, services, or anything else of value, which within any one-year period has a value aggregating {$1000.00} or more, through the use of any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit card knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained shall be fined not more than {$10000.00} or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both Because these charges were made by someone without my knowledge and without my permission and criminal felony charges were taken out, my account is covered under the legal definition of fraudulent activity and must be deleted under the Chase guarantee of zero fraud guarantee protection. Any attempt to call this civil is a direct violation of my rights under the Federal protection of the Fair Credit Billing Act as well as the North Carolina General Statutes.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation