Consumer complaint received 2023-07-25
Company: P&B Capital Group, LLC
State: NC
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:
To whom it may concern, I recently obtained a copy of my credit report and you are currently reporting the debt to my credit report as allowed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, I am requesting that you allow me to validate the alleged debt. Please provide me with a breakdown of all charges, dates of service, and procedures given including fees associated. Additionally, I am allowed under the HIPAA law ( Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ), to protect my privacy and medical records from third parties. I have not given you permission to access my credit profile and you have no permissible purpose by law to contact third parties with my private or personal information. You do not have any permissible purpose of furnishing my personal information to any third party.15 USC 1681b Permissible purpose of consumer reports IN GENERAL Subject to subsection ( c ) any consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report under the following circumstances and no other : In accordance with the written instructions of the consumer to whom it relates. Also, please be aware that as per my rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, I have a right to request full verification of this debt and to dispute it unless full verification is made. This offer is valid for 14 days from the date of receipt, after which it will be withdrawn and I will exercise my right to full verification.I am aware that the HIPAA does allow for limited information about me but anything more is to only be revealed with the patient 's authorization, therefore my request is twofold and as follows. Validation of Debt and HIPPA Authorization -Please provide a breakdown of fees including any collection costs and medical charges -Provide a copy of my signature with the provider of service to release my medical information to you -Cease any credit bureau reporting until debt has been validated by me Please send this information to my mailing address listed above and accept this letter as my formal debt validation request, which I am allowed under the FDCPA Please note that withholding the information you received from any medical provider in an attempt to be HIPAA compliant can be a violation of the FDCPA because you will be deceiving me after my written request. I request full documentation of what you received from the provider of service in connection with this alleged debt. Additionally, reporting of this debt to the credit bureaus prior to allowing me to validate it may be a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which can allow me to seek damages from your collection agency As a consumer, I am demanding the deletion of the following account : XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX NY XXXX Balance : {$1700.00}

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation