If my sisterused my name to obtain credit, how canI fix it withoutgetting her into trouble?

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If my sisterused my name to obtain credit, how canI fix it withoutgetting her into trouble?

She got an apartment in my name; I now owe $3,000 on it. I have several phone bills in collections if I don’t pay for her misuse.

Asked on February 3, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, California

Answers:

M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 13 years ago | Contributor

By paying the bills.  If you attempt to "fix it" or rather to avoid paying the bills then you would have to tell the truth - that the accounts are not yours and that your social security number and identity were stolen by someone else in furtherance of a crime - and then no doubt she will be prosecuted for her actions.  If you do not  try and avoid paying and just pay them off then no one will know what really happened.  Please do not mis understand:  I am not counseling you wither way but be prepared for it to continue to happen again and again unless she is helped in some way.  Good luck to you. 


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