I am a victim of identity theft. I discovered this when checking my credit reports through XXXX in XXXX XXXX 2015. 
I immediately placed an initial fraud alert with the XXXX credit reporting agencies. I received my credit reports by XX/XX/XXXX and I proceeded to go through the dispute process. I also filed a police report - Case number XXXX. 

In XXXX XXXX, I received a phone call from XXXX XXXX from the XXXX XXXX financial crimes department. He told me that they pulled over someone with a false license plate. When the officers asked him for his ID, he claimed to be me. He had a fraudulent copy of my drivers license with his picture on it. He eventually confessed to the fact that he has been using my identity to pick up phones from stores. 

With this information, I proceeded to file a dispute with all three credit reporting agencies. 
XXXX and XXXX removed all my requests. 
Equifax, however, did not. Equifax refused to removed a few accounts because they verified that the items belong to me. I 'm not sure what their procedure is but it 's definitely incompetent. They also refused to remove the fraudulent and unauthorized hard credit inquiries that are a result of the identity theft. These hard credit inquiries will affect my credit score and will remain in my file for two years. 

I urge CFPB to investigate Equifax and their procedure on how to verify accounts as I find them to be incompetent and lackluster.