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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin recently held that Synchrony Bank did not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) when it mistakenly requested a consumer’s credit report. In Carlson v. Synchrony Bank, No. 21-cv-077-wmc, 2022 WL 1302841 (W.D. Wis. May 2, 2022), Synchrony requested plaintiff’s credit report after a third party accidentally provided plaintiff’s social security number in connection with a credit application. When plaintiff learned that the account was opened, he contacted Synchrony to advise that he did not open the ...
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