Victim of Identity Theft Alleges Citibank Tarnished Credit Report and Pursued by Debt Collectors
A San Francisco Bay Area resident is a victim of credit card identity theft.
Someone stole his identity and made purchases on a Citibank, N.A., credit card without his permission and knowledge. It is alleged that the thief purchased airline tickets using the victim’s identity. He provided Citibank police reports and identity theft affidavits with respect to the theft, but Citibank has persisted in collection. The man, Adolfo Lomeli, has filed a lawsuit in San Jose, CA for credit damage and debt collection harassment against Citibank, N.A., and Client Services, Inc.
The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Lomeli learned that Citibank was reporting the Citibank account on his Transunion, Experian and Equifax credit reports. In May 2012, he wrote to each and informed them he is a victim of identity theft and requested that they remove the fraudulent account from his credit report. Transunion and Equifax removed the account, however, it is alleged that Citibank directed Experian not to remove the account…
