Consumer complaint received 2025-12-01 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Incorrect information on your report — Information belongs to someone else
Company: EQUIFAX, INC.
State: DC

Complaint narrative:
I serve as Attorney-in-Fact for XXXX XXXX XXXX under a valid XXXX Power of Attorney. Pursuant to Maryland XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, I am obligated to act with care, competence, diligence, loyalty, and exclusively in the best interests of my principal. 
After correcting the defect in the XXXX  Power of Attorney previously submitted with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Complaint XXXX, I am now submitting a new CFPB complaint that reflects the updated documentation and the following findings. 
On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX formally reserved the name " Equifax Inc. '' with the Georgia Secretary of XXXX preemptive action demonstrating clear evidence of premeditation to evade legal accountability for mounting FTC antitrust charges. 
On XX/XX/XXXX, Equifax Inc. was incorporated in Georgia as a separate XXXX deliberate act by XXXX XXXX XXXX to manipulate the corporate record and fabricate a false appearance of continuity. This incorporation was never intended to operate independently but to act as a placeholder for XXXX 's later filings. 
On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX amended its Articles of Incorporation to adopt the name " Equifax Inc. '' a superficial rebranding designed to distance the company from its tarnished reputation. 
On the same day, XX/XX/XXXX, the XX/XX/XXXX Equifax Inc. ( the separate entity incorporated XXXX  months earlier ) changed its name to " XXXX XXXX XXXX. '' This contradictory and circular name swap created XXXX conflicting corporate identities existing in XXXX a split second on XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX entities were both called " Equifax Inc. '' simultaneouslyan unlawful duplication of names in direct violation of Georgia XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX. 
This reckless name-swapping maneuver compromised XXXX 's XXXX continuity and introduced a fatal defect into its corporate record, effectively transforming the entity into a legally defective construct under Georgia XXXX XXXX nullity that extinguished the lawful existence of both names. Under Georgia XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX, a dissolved or non-existent corporation can not lawfully contract. 
On XX/XX/XXXX, Equifax Inc. and XXXX XXXX XXXX executed the XXXX XXXX and Services Master Contract ( Contract No. XXXX ). This agreement authorized XXXX XXXX to create and market consumer scoring products using Equifax 's database of credit bureau XXXX. 
The contract granted XXXX XXXX direct access to Equifax 's entire credit file system, including trade line data, inquiry data, public records, and demographic information. XXXX XXXX was authorized to use this data to build " Scorecards '' numerical grading tables assigning values to consumer attributes, which were then combined to produce a consumer " Score. '' The contract provided that all scoring models developed would be for the sole use of Equifax, integrated into a jointly developed " XXXX XXXX. '' These products would be sold to Equifax 's subscribers, with profits shared between the XXXX corporations. This agreement formalized the mechanism for mass consumer scoring, converting personal financial records into a quantifiable risk-assessment product sold to XXXX  XXXX, laying the commercial foundation for widespread adoption of credit scoring systems nationwide. 
The defect is that no such agreement could legally exist. By XXXX, Equifax 's corporate existence was already nullified by the unlawful name-swapping on XX/XX/XXXX. Again, under Georgia XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX, a dissolved or non-existent corporation lacks authority to contract. 
Because Equifax had ceased to exist as a lawful entity on XX/XX/XXXX, the XXXX agreement was XXXX XXXX XXXX. The XXXX scoring model built upon itand all instruments derived from that modellack lawful foundation. 
On XX/XX/XXXX, Experian XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX XXXX directly participated in the formation of XXXX XXXX XXXX, a domestic limited liability company created in Delaware ( File Number XXXX ). 
XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX  purported owner, " Equifax Information Services LLC, '' never lawfully existed due to fatal defects in Equifax 's corporate lineage stemming from the XX/XX/XXXX name-swapping violations, rendering its claimed 33 % ownership void and fatally undermining the legality of XXXX 's XXXX. 
Under XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX, an LLC must be formed by valid members. Because Equifax Information Services LLC did not legally exist, XXXX 's ownership structure was void, and the XXXX itself was statutorily defective from inception. 
The Supreme Court has confirmed that courts will not enforce contracts founded on illegality ( XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX ( XXXX ) ). Under Georgia XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) the operative provision at the time of the XXXX XXXX contractagreements opposed to public policy were void. Delaware law ( XXXX XXXX. XXXX XXXX ) similarly voids agreements contrary to law. Under XXXX. XXXX ( b ), an instrument issued without value is unenforceable, and under XXXX. XXXX ( a ) ( XXXX ) ( ii ), enforcement of a negotiable instrument is barred where real defenses such as fraud in factum and illegality apply. 
XXXX 's formation was XXXX XXXX XXXX. Every credit instrument derived from the XXXX infrastructure is XXXX XXXX XXXX 
The acquisition, use, and monetization of XXXX XXXX XXXX 's personal identifiersincluding his Social Security number, legal name, address, and historical payment XXXX the purpose of generating and selling XXXX and XXXX credit scores constitutes identity theft as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1028 ( a ) ( 7 ). Those identifiers were employed without lawful authority to create risk-valuation products, which were then used to originate, price, and securitize credit. 
Under XXXX ( a ) ( XXXX ), the unauthorized use of another person 's means of identification in connection with the receipt of any thing of value is identity theft. The resulting credit scores functioned as derivative, revenue-producing assets. XXXX XXXX XXXX 's identity was used to fabricate a financial instrument that, consistent with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 's established business model as a subprime auto lender, was sold to investors through securitization. 
The use of XXXX XXXX XXXX 's personal identifying information to generate credit scores used to price this loan constitutes identity theft under 18 U.S.C. 1028 ( a ) ( 7 ), securities fraud under 15 U.S.C. 77q ( a ) and 78j ( b ), wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1343, mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1341, and commodities fraud under 7 U.S.C. 6 ( c ) ( 1 ) and 9 ( 1 ). 
Every instrument executed by " Equifax Inc. '' after XX/XX/XXXX is contaminated by identity falsification, false representation of the legal person signing, concealment of the true corporate actor, and use of documents created through deception. This conduct constitutes : 18 U.S.C. 1001 ( false statements and documents ) 18 U.S.C. 1028 ( a ) ( 7 ) ( identity theft ) 18 U.S.C. 1341 ( mail fraud ) 18 U.S.C. 1343 ( wire fraud ) 18 U.S.C. 1956 ( money laundering of proceeds derived from fraud ) 18 U.S.C. 371 ( conspiracy to defraud ) 15 U.S.C. 77q ( a ) and 78j ( b ) ( securities fraud ) 7 U.S.C. 6 ( c ) ( 1 ) and 9 ( 1 ) ( commodities fraud ) XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX purports to have extended credit to XXXX XXXX XXXX through auto loan account XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX in XX/XX/XXXX, secured by a XXXX XXXX XXXX  ( VIN XXXX ). 
For the reasons listed above, I am filing this CFPB complaint through the CFPB Complaint Portal against XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, documenting the systematic fraud underlying the auto loan secured by the XXXX XXXX XXXX titled to XXXX XXXX XXXX. 
You are hereby notified : The loan was underwritten using XXXX or XXXX credit scoring infrastructure. XXXX scores are derived from the void XXXX " Analytic Products and Services Master Contract '' between XXXX XXXX XXXX and the legally defunct Equifax Inc. Under Georgia XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and XXXX, a dissolved or non-existent corporation can not lawfully contract. Because Equifax had ceased to exist as a lawful entity at the time of the XXXX agreement, the XXXX contract was XXXX XXXX XXXX. 
XXXX XXXX, XXXX was formed in XXXX with " Equifax Information Services LLC '' as a purported XXXX-XXXX  XXXX XXXX that never lawfully existed due to fatal defects in Equifax 's XXXX lineage, rendering XXXX 's XXXX void ab XXXX. Every instrument derived from either fraudulent scoring infrastructureincluding the XXXX XXXX XXXX auto loanis void ab initio. 
Accordingly, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX is directed to preserve, without alteration, all records, communications, metadata, origination documentation, underwriting files, credit scoring data, collection activity logs, security interest documentation, vehicle title records, and chain-of-custody materials relating to this loan and any credit reporting furnished to consumer reporting agencies. 
Under Maryland XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX, and XXXX, and principles of unjust enrichment recognized in Hill v. Cross Country Settlements, XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX ( XXXX ) and XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX ( XXXX ), when a loan is void ab initio due to fraudulent underwriting, all payments made under that void obligation are recoverable. A party who receives benefits under a void transaction must make restitution " in the manner and amount necessary to prevent unjust enrichment. '' The interest charged on loans originated through identity theft and void scoring infrastructure constitutes an unlawful extraction of value. Borrowers are entitled to complete restitution of all funds paidprincipal, interest, fees, and penalties.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation