Posts Tagged ‘credit bureau’

Class Action Suit Filed Against NJ Law Firm Debt Collector Pressler & Pressler

By K&S on October 28th, 2013 | 3 Comments

Posted in: Credit Report, Debt Collectors, Fair Credit Reporting Act
Tags: class action, credit bureau, credit reporting, lawsuit, new jersey, Pressler & Pressler

A deceptive-practices lawsuit against Pressler & Pressler, New Jersey’s largest collections firm, is moving forward as a class action. U.S. District Judge Katharine Hayden in Newark certified a class of individuals who allege misrepresentations in a form letter they received from the debt-collecting firm. The form letter in question offered to settle and said once…

Credit Bureaus’ Little Secret: A Cheap Way to Foil ID Theft

By K&S on April 18th, 2013 | No Comments

Posted in: Identity Theft
Tags: credit bureau, credit reporting agencies, Identity Theft, new-account fraud, security freeze, tax return

Philadelphia Inquirer reporter John Timpane discovered that he was a victim of Identity Theft when a criminal filed a false tax return using his Social Security Number. After dealing with the IRS, FTC, multiple credit agencies and other organizations, he’s discovered a few tricks to help consumers foil Identity Theft. Since the mid-2000s, there has…