Equifax, Agencies Accused Of Wrongfully Reporting Missed Mortgage Payments

(July 20, 2020, 1:27 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Equifax Information Services LLC, Trans Union LLC and their joint venture are accused by a man in a class action suit filed in federal court in New York July 15 of violating their duties under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by reporting nonpayments on mortgages held by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. even though the loans were subject to forbearance agreements that were entered into as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic (Scott Grauman, et al. v. Equifax Information Services LLC, et al., No. 20-3152, E.D. N.Y.)....