Consumer complaint received 2023-11-16
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: PA
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Complaint:
I did not consent nor did I authorize the following entries to be on my report as I did not apply. This is identity theft and must be removed. The inquiries are as follows : XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  XXXX  Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX XXXX  Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX XXXX  Date of inquiry : XX/XX/XXXX As I did not consent for these entries to be on my consumer report, nor do they provide a perk or service to me, the consumer, I demand that these entries are removed immediately. If they are not removed and are " verified '' I demand to be supplied with how these items were verified and what methods were used to verify these items pursuant to 15 USC 1681. Otherwise if you can not provide the neither deletion or verification information, you will be in violation of 18 U.S. Code 1028A which states : 18 U.S. Code 1028A - Aggravated identity theft ( a ) Offenses.

( 1 ) In general.

Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection ( c ), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years.

( 2 ) Terrorism offense.

Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in section 2332b ( g ) ( 5 ) ( B ), knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person or a false identification document shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 5 years.

( b ) Consecutive Sentence.Notwithstanding any other provision of law ( 1 ) a court shall not place on probation any person convicted of a violation of this section ; ( 2 ) except as provided in paragraph ( 4 ), no term of imprisonment imposed on a person under this section shall run concurrently with any other term of imprisonment imposed on the person under any other provision of law, including any term of imprisonment imposed for the felony during which the means of identification was transferred, possessed, or used ; ( 3 ) in determining any term of imprisonment to be imposed for the felony during which the means of identification was transferred, possessed, or used, a court shall not in any way reduce the term to be imposed for such crime so as to compensate for, or otherwise take into account, any separate term of imprisonment imposed or to be imposed for a violation of this section; and ( 4 ) a term of imprisonment imposed on a person for a violation of this section may, in the discretion of the court, run concurrently, in whole or in part, only with another term of imprisonment that is imposed by the court at the same time on that person for an additional violation of this section, provided that such discretion shall be exercised in accordance with any applicable guidelines and policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission pursuant to section 994 of title 28.

( c ) Definition.For purposes of this section, the term felony violation enumerated in subsection ( c ) means any offense that is a felony violation of ( 1 ) section 641 ( relating to theft of public money, property, or rewards [ 1 ] ), section 656 ( relating to theft, embezzlement, or misapplication by bank officer or employee ), or section 664 ( relating to theft from employee benefit plans ) ; ( 2 ) section 911 ( relating to false personation of citizenship ) ; ( 3 ) section 922 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( relating to false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm ) ; ( 4 ) any provision contained in this chapter ( relating to fraud and false statements ), other than this section or section 1028 ( a ) ( 7 ) ; ( 5 ) any provision contained in chapter 63 ( relating to mail, bank, and wire fraud ) ; ( 6 ) any provision contained in chapter 69 ( relating to nationality and citizenship ) ; ( 7 ) any provision contained in chapter 75 ( relating to passports and visas ) ; ( 8 ) section 523 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 6823 ) ( relating to obtaining customer information by false pretenses ) ; ( 9 ) section 243 or 266 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1253 and 1306 ) ( relating to willfully failing to leave the United States after deportation and creating a counterfeit alien registration card ) ; ( 10 ) any provision contained in chapter 8 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1321 et seq. ) ( relating to various immigration offenses ); or ( 11 ) section 208, 811, 1107 ( b ), 1128B ( a ), or 1632 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 408, 1011, 1307 ( b ), 1320a7b ( a ), and 1383a ) ( relating to false statements relating to programs under the Act ).

Company response to consumer: In progress