Consumer complaint received 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Rental debt
Issue: False statements or representation — Attempted to collect wrong amount
Company: The Phoenix Recovery Group
State: TX

Complaint narrative:
Continued to add false information to credit report. 

1681s2. Responsibilities of furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies ( a ) Duty of furnishers of information to provide accurate information ( 1 ) Prohibition ( A ) Reporting information with actual knowledge of errors A person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if the person knows or consciously avoids knowing that the information is inaccurate. 
( B ) Reporting information after notice and confirmation of errors A person shall not furnish information relating to a consumer to any consumer reporting agency if- ( i ) the person has been notified by the consumer, at the address specified by the person for such notices, that specific information is inaccurate; and ( ii ) the information is, in fact, inaccurate. 
( C ) No address requirement A person who clearly and conspicuously specifies to the consumer an address for notices referred to in subparagraph ( B ) shall not be subject to subparagraph ( A ) ; however, nothing in subparagraph ( B ) shall require a person to specify such an address. 
( 2 ) Duty to correct and update information A person who- ( A ) regularly and in the ordinary course of business furnishes information to one or more consumer reporting agencies about the person 's transactions or experiences with any consumer ; and ( B ) has furnished to a consumer reporting agency information that the person determines is not complete or accurate, shall promptly notify the consumer reporting agency of that determination and provide to the agency any corrections to that information, or any additional information, that is necessary to make the information provided by the person to the agency complete and accurate, and shall not thereafter furnish to the agency any of the information that remains not complete or accurate. 
( XXXX ) Duty to provide notice of dispute If the completeness or accuracy of any information furnished by any person to any consumer reporting agency is disputed to such person by a consumer, the person may not furnish the information to any consumer reporting agency without notice that such information is disputed by the consumer.

( 4 ) Duty to provide notice of closed accounts A person who regularly and in the ordinary course of business furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency regarding a consumer who has a credit account with that person shall notify the agency of the voluntary closure of the account by the consumer, in information regularly furnished for the period in which the account is closed. 
( XXXX ) Duty to provide notice of delinquency of accounts A person who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency regarding a delinquent account being placed for collection, charged to profit or loss, or subjected to any similar action shall, not later than 90 days after furnishing the information, notify the agency of the month and year of the commencement of the delinquency that immediately preceded the action. 
( b ) Duties of furnishers of information upon notice of dispute ( 1 ) In general After receiving notice pursuant to section 1681i ( a ) ( 2 ) of this title of a dispute with regard to the completeness or accuracy of any information provided by a person to a consumer reporting agency, the person shall- ( A ) conduct an investigation with respect to the disputed information ; ( B ) review all relevant information provided by the consumer reporting agency pursuant to section 1681i ( a ) ( 2 ) of this title ; ( C ) report the results of the investigation to the consumer reporting agency ; and ( D ) if the investigation finds that the information is incomplete or inaccurate, report those results to all other consumer reporting agencies to which the person furnished the information and that compile and maintain files on consumers on a nationwide basis.

( 2 ) Deadline A person shall complete all investigations, reviews, and reports required under paragraph ( 1 ) regarding information provided by the person to a consumer reporting agency, before the expiration of the period under section 1681i ( a ) ( 1 ) of this title within which the consumer reporting agency is required to complete actions required by that section regarding that information. 
( c ) Limitation on liability Sections 1681n and 1681o of this title do not apply to any failure to comply with subsection ( a ) of this section, except as provided in section 1681s ( c ) ( 1 ) ( B ) of this title.

( d ) Limitation on enforcement Subsection ( a ) of this section shall be enforced exclusively under section 1681s of this title by the Federal agencies and officials and the State officials identified in that section. 
( Pub. XXXX XXXX, title VI, XXXX, as added Pub. XXXX XXXX, XXXX. A, title XXXX, XXXX ( a ) ( XXXX ), XXXX XXXX, 1996, XXXX XXXX. XXXX. ) Prior Provisions A prior section XXXX of XXXX. XXXX XXXX was renumbered section XXXX and is classified to section XXXX of this title. 

Effective Date Section effective 365 days after XXXX XXXX, 1996, with special rule for early compliance, see section XXXX of XXXX. XXXX XXXX, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section XXXX of this title. 

Section Referred to in Other Sections This section is referred to in sections XXXX, XXXX, XXXX of this title.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation