Consumer complaint received 2022-02-17
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: TN
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Sub-issue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Complaint:
There are XXXX Chapter XXXX Bankruptcies on my credit report with XXXX and Equifax. 
XXXX was filed in XX/XX/XXXX. I got a letter from the Bankruptcy Court in XX/XX/XXXX, and I told them that this was not mine. They dismissed it. 

In XXXX of XXXX, another case was apparently filed. I never knew about it because I had moved out of XXXX. That case was dismissed in XX/XX/XXXX. No paperwork was ever filed, and no debts were ever provided to the court, there are no creditors. I never had any debts or issues where I would need to file bankruptcy. 

I was the victim of major identity theft in XXXX and I have removed all of the fraudulent items on my credit reports with your help. XXXX items to be exact. Equifax has a fraud alert and they are aware of the other fraudulent charges that were removed, as does XXXX. 

When I ask them to block these XXXX items according to XXXX XXXX ( XXXX XXXX section XXXX ) they refuse. They say they validated and verified the items with XXXX. When I ask them to verify the Public Record in multiple letters and request documents to verify these items and the names and phone numbers of who they spoke with at the court, the actual finisher of the data, they respond with XXXX. I contacted XXXX and asked them for the same details, they responded with it is listed on XXXX. I responded with, I do not care where it is listed, I want documentation. No response. I contacted the Bankruptcy Court and they sent me a letter confirming that they do not supply information to the credit reporting agencies. They also state that they can not confirm the existence of these items. They have no jurisdiction over credit reporting agencies, the XXXX  XXXX XXXX section XXXX does. They suggest I contact the XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. I did. I filed another identity theft report and sent that to the XXXX XXXX. No response. I have disputed these items at least XXXX  times with each XXXX including XXXX. I was under the impression that to verify an item as legitimate on a credit report, the XXXX has to, after they waste everyone 's time with XXXX actually contact the furnisher? Am I wrong? If they do not, must they remove the item? They claim a wage earner plan filed, I would love to see it, it can not exist. 

In the meantime, I have been denied credit, charged outrageous fees, and interest all due to these fraudulent items, both due to fall off in less than a year. I am the CEO of a company that is funding a new factory in XXXX XXXX for {$120.00} XXXX. I am also a XXXX XXXX owner of that company. I can't tell you just I have had to explain this to the investors and how annoying this has been. If there is no way to resolve it, what a great way to attack your rivals in business, just file bankruptcy in their names, in a different state, and the names of the collection agency owners and the CEO of the XXXX XXXX. I assume that would be illegal, yes? 

I am unable to figure out what to do next. Short of having my law firm sue everyone. Please advise me on how to resolve this never-ending nightmare. 

Thank you, XXXX XXXX.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation