Judge Refuses To Dismiss Suit Over Wells Fargo’s Access To Credit Report

Mealey's (March 9, 2020, 9:27 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on March 6 refused to dismiss a man’s class action lawsuit accusing Wells Fargo Bank N.A. of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when accessing his credit report after bankruptcy proceedings that discharged his mortgage loan, finding that the lender’s arguments were based on materials outside the four corners of the complaint (Wylie S. Rogers v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A., No. 19-cv-02596, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39069)....