Consumer complaint received 2019-01-16
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: IL
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:
XX/XX/XXXX I received a letter from XXXX stating that they are reporting my Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ) as charged off on XXXX XXXX, XXXX with unpaid balance of {$24000.00}. 
They stated they canceled the balance owed on XX/XX/XXXX and issued a XXXX. and as a result updated charge off balance to {$0.00} on XX/XX/XXXX and reported to credit bureaus on XX/XX/XXXX. 

Further they state they carefully reviewed the account and did not find any misrepresentations, unfair tactics or tried to be deceiving. 
And that they are required to report accurately. 


The problem with these statements are my credit report shows a charge off in the payment history on XX/XX/XXXX. Then the next data entry shows a charge off on XX/XX/XXXX. 
The status shows a balance update and status of charge off update to be XX/XX/XXXX when they clearly said in the letter the balance was canceled on XX/XX/XXXX. If the balance is {$0.00} on XXXX, XXXX it should state XX/XX/XXXX not XX/XX/XXXX. 

The next problem is the XXXX they furnished in the letter and sent to the irs shows an identifiable event code of ( F ) By Agreement. This would have to mean that I made an agreement with them to cancel the debt owed for less than the full balance. This would be false. 

The date of the Identifiable event is XX/XX/XXXX. Considering the Irs regulations prior to XX/XX/XXXX. If a debt has not been paid for 36 months and active collection is not pursued then a XXXX is to be issued even if the debt is not discharged. The account was delinquent prior to XX/XX/XXXX and closed and charged off XX/XX/XXXX. A XXXX should have been issued prior to XX/XX/XXXX. So in this case the XXXX was issued in the wrong year with incorrect event coding Finally according to XXXX county land records there was a mortgage assignment filed for this account. The Assignment of mortgage was not to XXXX XXXX XXXX nor XXXX XXXX XXXX. Which gives reason to believe the incorrect creditor is reporting the debt and that they do not have a valid claim. Whether the Assignment of mortgage is valid is speculative considering the notary had been suspended and the agent on behalf of XXXX may or may not  have worked for XXXX. 

My actions have been contacting XXXX about the misrepresentations and they have stated the account has been charged off since XXXX but it is still open and they are reporting correctly. 
I disputed with Credit Reporting Agencies to validate the information which is clearly incorrect. The came back that they only report what they are told to and that it was validated. 
I have submitted a prior complaint to CFPB which contacted XXXX which responded with the letter that I have explained. 
I have continually ran into problems getting credit due to this account reporting the charge off as XX/XX/XXXX since Derogatory Credit waiting periods require 4 years though the Charge Off had occurred XX/XX/XXXX. The cancellation of debt was XX/XX/XXXX which is not a charge off especially if the account was already charged off.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation