Consumer complaint received 2022-04-28
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: PA
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:
I have been trying to resolve this issue with the three major credit reporting agencies since XXXX of XXXX. I had noticed that information was not reporting 100 % accurate when I had reviewed my credit report so I requested for an reinvestigation to be done on this disputed accounts. So XXXX had verified one particular account number while Equifax claimed to verify a different account number which were shorter in digits. XXXX never provided results. When that happened, I went straight to the furnisher and disputed both verified accounts pursuant to my rights to do so under the Fair Credit Reporting Act under section 623. I also requested that the furnisher provide me with the original contract for the verified accounts and they failed to do so. I then gave the furnisher notice of their failure to verify the account and the letter got returned to me though my previous direct dispute letter did not. I attached it to the documents submitted with this complaint. 

When the furnisher failed to verify the disputed accounts, I reported them to the Federal Trade Commission for identity theft. After I got my FTC report notarized I sent a identity theft dispute to all three major credit reporting agencies on XX/XX/XXXX via certified mail. The tracking numbers are as follow : XXXX tracking # : XXXX ; XXXX  tracking # : XXXX ; and Equifax tracking # : XXXX. See attached. Equifax, XXXX and XXXX all received my identity theft dispute letters no later than XX/XX/XXXX. 

According to the FCRA the credit reporting agencies were to block and delete the disputed information within four days of receiving my identity theft dispute letters but according to my most recent credit reports, the disputed account has not been blocked or deleted. XXXX claimed to have verified the account again but that is impossible when the furnisher failed to verify the account when I disputed it directly with the furnisher. XXXX also failed to do the investigation within 30 days. Equifax and XXXX never sent me results for my identity theft dispute. 

This is ground for removal as they violated my rights under 15 U.S.C 1681 section 602 A which states I have a right to privacy and under 15 U.S.C. 1681 section 604 A which states they credit reporting agency can not furnish information without my written consent. The credit reporting agencies also violated 15 U.S.C. 1681c-2 ( a ) which states, " a consumer reporting agency shall block the reporting of any information in the file of a consumer that the consumer identifies as information that resulted from an alleged identity theft, not later than 4 business days after the date of receipt by such agency ... '' And Equifax and XXXX violated 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) and 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ) because my investigation took longer than 30 days to complete and they failed to send me my dispute results.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation