The Equifax Shaft
Florida woman wins multimillion-dollar jury verdict against Equifax — OrlandoSentinel.com
Angela P. Williams says she got nothing but a runaround from Equifax as she tried for more than a decade to clear up an identity mix-up that ruined her credit. Now she’s hitting the credit-reporting giant where it hurts: on the bottom line. An Orlando jury awarded Williams a multimillion-dollar verdict against Equifax for years of failing to correct dramatic errors in Williams’ credit report that led to her credit score being trashed. Atlanta-based Equifax must pay the medical-transcription worker $219,000 in actual damages and $2.7 million in punitive damages for negligent violation of federal credit-reporting laws, according to the verdict Friday in state Circuit Court in Orlando.
I suffered an identity theft in 2001. To this day I am in dispute with Equifax, the worst offender of the big three credit reporting agencies. They refuse to remove the 3 bogus addresses along with misspellings of my name the thief used to purchase cell phones, gold and other jewelry. Unlike the woman in the article, I gave up after years of struggling. Her victory is for all of us.
“I’m not sure this will bring resolution,” she said. “I don’t have a lot of confidence especially in Equifax, after so many years of having problems. I’m just not confident that I won’t have to go through this again.”
I know firsthand exactly how she feels.
#60
“You are a moron.”
Nice retort!
Doesn’t it suck when someone calls you out on the carpet form making dumb statements like you did in #58.
Prove me wrong!!! Explain to everyone, with your infinate knowledge, how I can be attacked indirectly and how it will affect my finances. It would not only make me look stupid but it would be educational for everyone who reads this.
I am very happy that Equifax was held accountable, And that they suffered the consequences of their behavior.
I would love to see the Equifax executives thrown in jail for a few years as well for their despicable behavior against Ms. Williams.
I’m trying to buy a house now and the mortgage company ran my and my wife’s credit. It came back showing we owed and were making monthly payment of almost twice the actual amount. So I called Equifax to get them to fix the problem. She told me that I couldn’t get it fixed and it would have to be the person who requested my report. I said, “But it’s my report. It’s my information you have wrong.” She more or less said, “Too bad, have the lender call us.” I hate them. They have MY information wrong and I can’t get them to fix it without ordering a report from them myself. And can anyone explain why student loans show in triplicate.
So far this has been a pain and I am unable to get loan approval from one of the lenders until this is cleared up. Thanks Equifax, retards. I’d sue you if I thout I’d win.