Consumer complaint received 2020-10-15
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: GA
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:
As per the agreement entered into by XXXX XXXX, the borrower, and the US Dept of Education in conjunction with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX University, the borrower was declared XXXX XXXX XXXX   XXXX by the Federal Government and offered complete forgiveness of all federal student loan debt to be paid by XXXX. The borrower, XXXX XXXX, accepted the offer and was able to successfully abide to the rules of the agreement, including a monitoring period of three years in which the borrower would maintain federal acknowledgment of being XXXX. This agreement provided that should the borrower meet the criteria of eligibility, upon completion of a three year monitoring period, all federal student loan debts would be paid by XXXX , XXXX, and The borrower would be released from all debt obligations, and that these debts would be held to reflect no negative payment history, nor any attempts to be placed into collections nor sold to any collection agency. The borrower became XXXX in XXXX of XXXX, and was offered forgiveness due to XXXX  XXXX. The agreement provided by the federally accredited student loan forgiveness repayment organization, XXXX , XXXX, outlined that during the investigation period no debts would a reflect late or negative payment history, nor would interest be charged to any accounts ; and that if at any point the borrower did not meet the criteria necessary for XXXX classification, or was no longer classified as XXXX by the Federal Government, he would be responsible for repaying all debts to include any interest incurred as stated by the original loan agreement. As of XXXX, the borrower continues to maintain classification as being XXXX XXXX XXXX   XXXX and was determined to have met the criteria outlined during the monitoring period. As such, all federal student loan debt has been paid by XXXX, XXXX as agreed and should reflect all accounts as paid and closed, and represent no late or negative payment history. Additionally, as stated in the agreement, no accounts should have been placed in collections nor sold to any collections agencies as all accounts are considered to have been paid in full and on time. The reflection of any accounts held with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX University or the Fed Dept of Ed stating negative payment history and/or placement In collections violates the agreement between XXXX, XXXX with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX University and the Fed Dept of Ed. As both institutions have received payment as agreed, and all stipulations of the agreement were honored, negative reflections of payment history and/or any accounts placed in collectionsor sold to a collection agency are the be understood as fraudulent representation of account information. Both agencies have been made aware of this and continue to place negatively impacting information on the borrowers credit history indicating both institutions guilty of fraud.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation