The big consumer stories: Equifax in the hot seat, phony contractors caught, businesses fined

The big consumer stories: Equifax in the hot seat, phony contractors caught, businesses fined

Your information and the Equifax data breach

Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced a bill preventing credit reporting agencies from profiting off of credit freezes. She also called for a more thorough investigation. The Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are already looking into the breach.

Suspected unlicensed contractors caught They were two of the state’s most wanted unlicensed contractors and they’ve finally been arrested. We’ve been investigating Rafaela and Hugo Juarez for years. They’re accused of fraud and theft, taking $138,000 from homeowners in the West Valley. They were unlicensed, but contracted for landscaping and remodel work […]

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