Consumer complaint received 2019-01-11
Company: Experian Information Solutions Inc.
State: NV
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:
XXXX XXXX XXXX is incorrectly reporting with the CRA 's ( Experian, XXXX, XXXX ) that I owe a balance of {$180.00} on a closed/charged off account. How is this possible? If an account or trade-line is charged off, how is there a balance owed? A 'charged off ' account has been written off of the alleging company 's books and is usually covered by insurance or given some sort of tax credit. This trade-line CAN NOT be 'written off ' and have a balance and is CLEARLY in violation of federal law ( s ). The guidelines afforded to me, a litigious consumer are as follows ....

When you provide information to a CRA, you have obligations under the FCRA to ensure the accuracy of the information you furnish. As a rule, its illegal to report information that you know or believe is inaccurate. You have " reasonable cause to believe '' that information is inaccurate if you have knowledge, other than allegations from the consumer, that would lead a reasonable person to doubt the accuracy of the information. FCRA Section 623 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) You may be exempt from this requirement if you give an address for consumers to report inaccurate information, but you can not, under any circumstances, report information the consumer has told you is inaccurate if it is, in fact, inaccurate. FCRA Section 623 ( a ) ( 1 ) ( C ) Guidelines for Policies and Procedures You must establish and implement written policies and procedures regarding the accuracy and integrity of information you furnish to a CRA. Guidelines are in Appendix A to Furnisher Rule Part 660. Read the Appendix ; the information here is just a sample.

Your policies and procedures : must be appropriate to the nature, size, complexity, and scope of your activities ; must be reviewed periodically and updated, as necessary ; should ensure that information provided to a CRA is for the right person, and reflects the terms of the account and the consumer 's performance on the account ; require maintenance of records for a reasonable amount of time ; establish internal controls for the accuracy and integrity of information, such as through random sampling ; prevent re-aging ( inaccurately changing the date of first delinquency on a consumers account to a later date ) and duplicative reporting, particularly following portfolio acquisitions or sales, mergers, and other transfers ; and require updating of furnished information where necessary.

Information should : be substantiated by your records when it is furnished ; include consumer identifiers, like name ( s ), date of birth, Social Security number, telephone number ( s ), or address ( es ) ; and be furnished in a standardized form and specify the time period it pertains to.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation