Q: Father in law using husbands personal information without consent.
My father in law used to live with my husband and I, but he moved away to FL and we dont speak due to unfortunate circumstances. We got paper mail with his name and my husbands name on it. Apparently he opened an account with a stocks/investment company using his own name and my husbands name, info, social, etc. A credit check was done on my husband also upon opening the account apparantly.
We were able to close the account, but now nervous about possible other accounts open in my husbands name that we dont know about or the possibility of it happening again. My husbands identity is constantly being stolen and we alway wondered why, and im assuming this could be the reason also.
I don't know much about this or what to do next, or if any legal action needs to be taken. Thank you.
A: Your husband should run his credit report. He can do it for free at annualcreditreport.com. You do not get your score but you get the entries. See what is there. Put a fraud complaint on anything false. If you are actually out money, file a police report.
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