CBS4 reports that Sheldon Chrysler of Denver, a recent victim of identity theft, filed a federal lawsuit against DirectTV, AT&T, and the credit reporting companies when he couldn’t get his name cleared on his own.

Chrysler found out he was a victim of identity theft in December 2006 when he went to apply for a loan. The collections were for accounts with AT&T, another phone company and DirectTV — accounts that Chrysler never opened.

He filed criminal reports in Colorado and Michigan, put a credit fraud alert on his accounts, and contacted the companies as well as the credit reporting companies. But still he his credit still showed the bad accounts.

So he filed a lawsuit in federal court and won. The companies settled the case and cleared his credit.

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