JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC – CFPB Complaint 2018-09-10

Date Received: 2018-09-10

Product: Credit card debt

Issue: False statements or representation

Consumer Consent Provided to Share Complaint: Consent provided

Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2018 I received a letter from JH Portfolio Debt Equities , LLC ( hereinafter Collector ). There was a misrepresentation of the type of debt specifically they called it a ” loan ”. On XX/XX/2018 I faxed and mailed a dispute letter demanding validation of the debt. On or about XX/XX/2018 I received collectors documents pursuant to the demand for verification. Collector failed to validate the debt according to the XXXX standard found in XXXX v. XXXX, XXXX which requires a detailed accounting of the account. I had a credit limit of {$500.00} on this account and they simply show a starting balance of {$690.00}. I asked that they detail the amount shown and provide the information that would reach this amount. The dates of the account closing and this amount to not make sense. They failed to validate accordingly. In a letter dated XX/XX/2018 I informed collector they have failed to verify the debt. To date XX/XX/2018 they have not responded to that demand. Accordingly, they have failed to validate the debt, they reported it to the credit bureaus without indicating it was in dispute and they reported it BEFORE the validation period expired.

Company: JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC

State/Zip: TX 770XX

Company Response to Complaint: Closed with explanation

Was Company Response Timely: Yes

Did Consumer Dispute Company Response: N/A

Complaint ID: 3014821

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