Consumer complaint received 2022-06-16
Company: Maximus Education, LLC dba Aidvantage
State: TX
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports
Sub-product: Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report
Sub-issue: Reporting company used your report improperly

Complaint:
Payment History of loan are inaccurate. Account XXXX doesnt have reported information but reported I was 90 days late without proof of previous months. Its XXXX missed payments but cant display with the acct was 30 days late. Loans show that they dont have any proof I was 90 days behind. This is hurting my payment history dramatically. Finacial charges are a sum of all charges but they reported on each loan as a late payment on all XXXX If information is unavailable then how can it report Im 90 days late without knowing the payment history in 2018 Also note that after a month of on time payments the next month on a few accounts shows Im 90 days late. Theres 30-31 days in a month. How can I be 90 days late after being on on time in the previous month. 

I request proof that XXXX & XXXX properly investigated the accuracy of these accounts before furnishing them. Please provide evidence that an interview 15 U.S. Code 1681d - Disclosure of investigative consumer reports- ( a ) Disclosure of fact of preparation A person may not procure or cause to be prepared an investigative consumer report on any consumer unless ( 1 ) it is clearly and accurately disclosed to the consumer that an investigative consumer report including information as to his character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living, whichever are applicable, may be made, and such disclosure ( A ) is made in a writing mailed, or otherwise delivered, to the consumer, not later than three days after the date on which the report was first requested, and ( B ) includes a statement informing the consumer of his right to request the additional disclosures provided for under subsection ( b ) of this section and the written summary of the rights of the consumer prepared pursuant to section 1681g ( c ) of this title ; and ( 2 ) the person certifies or has certified to the consumer reporting agency that ( A ) the person has made the disclosures to the consumer required by paragraph ( 1 ) ; and ( B ) the person will comply with subsection ( b ). 
( b ) Disclosure on request of nature and scope of investigation Any person who procures or causes to be prepared an investigative consumer report on any consumer shall, upon written request made by the consumer within a reasonable period of time after the receipt by him of the disclosure required by subsection ( a ) ( 1 ), make a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of the investigation requested. This disclosure shall be made in a writing mailed, or otherwise delivered, to the consumer not later than five days after the date on which the request for such disclosure was received from the consumer or such report was first requested, whichever is the later. 

( c ) Limitation on liability upon showing of reasonable procedures for compliance with provisions No person may be held liable for any violation of subsection ( a ) or ( b ) of this section if he shows by a preponderance of the evidence that at the time of the violation he maintained reasonable procedures to assure compliance with subsection ( a ) or ( b ). 

( 4 ) Certain adverse information A consumer reporting agency shall not prepare or furnish an investigative consumer report on a consumer that contains information that is adverse to the interest of the consumer and that is obtained through a personal interview with a neighbor, friend, or associate of the consumer or with another person with whom the consumer is acquainted or who has knowledge of such item of information, unless ( A ) the agency has followed reasonable procedures to obtain confirmation of the information, from an additional source that has independent and direct knowledge of the information ; or ( B ) the person interviewed is the best possible source of the information.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation