I paid a bill to the creditor, XXXX on XXXX XXXX 2015 for the full amount of XXXX. 2-3 weeks later tri state adjustments called my wife, not me, on her cell phone asking for payment of this same debt. I called tri state back to advise that payment was made but the representative said collection would continue because i could not give him the check number at that moment ... .while I was driving. A few days later I called to advise the agency that check XXXX was sent and cashed by the creditor. I also advised that I called the creditor to confirm that there was no money owed to XXXX at which time I was told that there was no open balance showing at that time. Now I find that tri state adjustments has put the collection action on my credit report despite the fact that payment was made in full before any collection action was started by them. I again called the creditor to verify that there was no balance owed, which they confirmed. They also stated that they would advise Tri state that payment was made in full but they continue to verify the amount as due and payable. They obviously made no effort to verify the correct information withe XXXX or simply are looking to have me pay them to remove this inaccurate information from my credit report aka extortion.