Consumer complaint received 2025-03-12 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Account information incorrect
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: MI

Complaint narrative:
I am writing to formally dispute inaccurate, incomplete, and unverifiable information on my consumer report. Pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( FCRA ), 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., you are required to conduct a reasonable reinvestigation of any disputed information. However, your failure to comply with this obligation, as evidenced by recent legal action against your agency, constitutes a direct violation of federal law. 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) has sued both XXXX and Equifax for conducting sham investigations, failing to properly verify disputed information, and misleading consumers regarding their rights. This lawsuit confirms what many consumers, including myself, have experienced firsthandan outright refusal to conduct a lawful, good-faith reinvestigation as required under the FCRA. 

# # # Violation of Federal Law Your failure to verify the accuracy of the disputed information violates the following FCRA provisions : - 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( a ) ( 1 ) ( A ) Mandates that a credit reporting agency conduct a reasonable reinvestigation when a consumer disputes the accuracy of any item. The CFPB lawsuit establishes that XXXX and Equifax have routinely failed to comply with this obligation. 

- 15 U.S.C. 1681i ( a ) ( 5 ) ( A ) Requires that any information that can not be verified must be deleted from the consumer 's file. The burden is on you and the furnisher to prove the legitimacy of the reported data, not on the consumer to disprove it.

- 15 U.S.C. 1681e ( b ) Requires that credit reporting agencies maintain maximum possible accuracy in consumer reports. Your failure to conduct a reasonable investigation and reliance on automated systems instead of substantive verification is a clear breach of this requirement. 

- 15 U.S.C. 1681s-2 ( b ) Requires data furnishers to conduct a reasonable investigation once a dispute is received from a credit bureau . Your continued reporting of information without proper verification constitutes willful negligence.

# # # Demand for Immediate Deletion Since your agency has fa
iled to meet the legal standard of a reasonable investigation, and in light of the CFPBs action against XXXX and Equifax for fraudulent and deceptive dispute handling practices, I am demanding the immediate deletion of the following inaccurate, unverified, and disputed accounts from my consumer report : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX

Company response to consumer: Closed with non-monetary relief