Net Credit contacted me via email back in 2013, I believe, in response to an online lending application made through XXXX XXXX. I needed the money to offset additional college expenses for my daughter, so I accepted the loan offer and paid this loan on time without default at any point with an interest of 160 %. During the initial conversation and on a subsequent loan offer, they advised they were licensed to offer loan products in Virginia. I agreed to the second loan terms, secured by my checking account with a 160 % interest in XX/XX/XXXX. Shortly, thereafter, I began receiving work and personal calls indicating I owed a payday lender and they were going to have me arrested. It was not until XX/XX/XXXX that I learned XXXX XXXX was a payday lender as they identified their loan as an installment loan. I did n't owe anybody so I chalked it up as a scam call. In XXXX, I was notified by the IRS that someone had filed a fraudulent tax return in my name. During the investigation of identify theft, it was learned that Net Credit, XXXX, and XXXX online lenders were possibly linked to a nationwide scam group and identity theft. I was advised to contact the Commonwealth 's Bureau of Financial XXXX to learn if either of these companies were licensed and/or registered to do business in the Commonwealth. In XX/XX/XXXX, I was notified that none of these companies were legal in Virginia and their practices were fraudulent and violated federal and state laws, including usury laws. In addition, the Office of the Attorney General and the SCC advised that online lenders are illegal in the XXXX of Virginia. These lenders were notified immediately to cease and desist all transactions against my checking account and remove any reporting to any and all credit bureaus. They have continued to harass through multiple daily phone calls, emails, and most damaging, the reporting of these loans as valid and past due on my credit reports. I am seeking to have these accounts removed from the credit bureaus immediately. 
