Collector Reports Debt for Accounts Consumer Never Held
A debt collection agency reports accounts on a consumer's credit file for debts the consumer has no knowledge of and never held. The reports violate FCRA disclosure requirements but the consumer faces a slow bureaucratic process to dispute and remove false entries.
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