Date Received: 2018-05-23
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account status incorrect
Consumer Complaint: I spoke with one " XXXX '' from the credit/reporting department at MOHELA at which time I asked her why I was reported 90/120 days late without a 30 or 60-day report so that the issue could be addressed sooner. She graciously explained federal reporting requirements. I advised that I wasn't contacted prior. However, she suggested that it is MY responsibility to update personal contact information with MOHELA. Branding me with culpability was premature and unnecessary. As it happens, I am on a temporary job assignment with XXXX, my employer of approximately 5 years. I am out-of state sporadically for work and I requested forwarding for all applicable XXXX addresses to XXXX so that I would not miss any mail. I asked what address they were contacting and she provided addresses that were several years outdated that I had never furnished to MOHELA instead of the most recent that actually had. As a consequence of correspondence being delayed, I lost 168 points on my credit score. I did not receive any emails. I did not receive any phone calls or at the very least any voice messages from any representative at MOHELA, yet this representative by the name of XXXX suggested that the 90-days late reporting was justified because " nobody could get in-touch with [ me. ] '' Regardless of the account being current at this time, the negative impact on my credit history is a present issue. Before it is asked, I had not made contact with MOHELA sooner because I had been planning my return to school.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: LA
Zip: 70817
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-05-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-05-18
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Information belongs to someone else
Consumer Complaint: Mohela DE posted two negative accounts on my credit report for a student loan that I don't know anything about. The first time when their representative called me to pay Mohela for student Loan, she asked me for my birth date. I said I don't have any account with Mohela I never signed any application form for student loan with Mohela. Please, send me the application form that I signed for Student Loan with Mohela. The second time, I spoke with XXXX from Mohela. XXXX asked to send my signature to Mohela. I sent the color copy of the first page of my valid passport with my signature, the color copy of my social security Card with my signature and the copy of my driver license with my signature. After receiving those copies, Mohela told me they need a more recent copy. I said I do not have recent copy. Despite my effort, Mohela is keeping two negative accounts on my credit report. I think It is predatory to mess up the credit report of a customer without verification Thank you, XXXX XXXX
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: NJ
Zip: 08817
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-05-18
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-25
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Need information about your loan balance or loan terms
Consumer Complaint: I emailed MOHELA my student loan service company on XX/XX/XXXX asking for an amortization schedule. On XX/XX/XXXX, I received a response that i would receive a response within 7-10 business days. On XX/XX/XXXX, i submitted another request for the amortization schedule. On XX/XX/XXXX, i received a reply that the schedule was mailed to my home address. On XX/XX/XXXX, i received a letter from MOHELA indicating my monthly payment amount, my repayment plan, the interest rate, and the terms of the loan. On XX/XX/XXXX, i called MOHELA to inform them that i did not receive the amortization schedule. I spoke with two customer service representatives. The second customer service representative told me that i could not receive a schedule because i may make an extra payment, or make a late payment, or my interest rate may change therefore they could not provide a payment schedule. This is despite the fact that i have auto-debit, have made on-time payments for the life of the loan, and have received an amortization schedule from other student loan servicers.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: NY
Zip: 11226
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-25
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-24
Issue: Incorrect information on your report
Subissue: Account information incorrect
Consumer Complaint: They are reporting late payments and they are unable to back up the claim.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: CA
Zip: 90046
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-24
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-19
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: I am a XXXX XXXX and have worked since graduation from college serving XXXX XXXX communities. I recently submitted my employment for certification for the Public Service Loan Program. My employment was certified. However, when my loans were transferred to Fed Loan Servicing, they informed me that the payment plan I had been on previously made me ineligible for the PSLF. I have registered a complaint with my previous loan service, Mohela. My loans were transferred three times in four years, from XXXX XXXX XXXX ( XX/XX/XXXX ) to XXXX ( XX/XX/XXXX ) to Mohela in XX/XX/XXXX. Each time my loans were transferred, I spoke to customer service to confirm I was in the right payment plan for PSLF. Each lender assured me I was. When I spoke most recently with Mohela customer service on XX/XX/XXXX after being told I was ineligible because of a previous payment plan, they informed me that I had been in the correct payment plan but that the terms of that plan were wrong. They provided me misinformation about the terms of the loan, and can not fix the history of my payments. I have worked over ten years in public service, but because the loan companies who had my loans provided me inconsistent and incorrect information, my employment does not count towards my loan forgiveness.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: NC
Zip: 27705
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-19
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-17
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: In XX/XX/XXXXand XX/XX/XXXX I took out two federal parent student loans for my son 's education. Each loan was about {$25000.00}. I began making payments immediately at the level Mohela suggested was a minimum payment. I did this for many years. I finally realized the payments were never enough to cover the interest of the loan. Mohela never told me that. When I contacted them, they said I could bring the loan into a re amortized type of situation and make a fixed payment for 15 years and pay the loan off. I recently fond out that none of my new payment was being applied to principal and in fact didn't even cover the interest. So now after over 10 years of payments, I owe more than the original loan amount. My payments began at the {$350.00} per month level and increaswed up to over {$550.00} per month but not one penny has been applied to principal. I was very much mislead by Mohela to my determent and their great financial advantage.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: AZ
Zip: 85383
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-04-10
Issue: Struggling to repay your loan
Subissue: Problem lowering your monthly payments
Consumer Complaint: I have worked in the public sector for over 15 years. I graduated from school in XX/XX/XXXX, and have been paying on my loans since then. In XX/XX/XXXX, I knew about loan forgiveness for public sector employees. I contacted my loan proceeded in XX/XX/XXXX and asked what I needed to do to qualify for the loan forgiveness. At that time, I was set up on an automatic withdrawal to pay the amount every month at about {$350.00}. I have not missed a payment since XX/XX/XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX, my loan was taken over by Mohela. I left everything the same, even though my principle ( which had doubled to {$42000.00} ) was not decreasing. Today, I talked to Mohela about getting that loan forgiveness, and they told me that I was enrolled in extended payment ( with am expect repayment date in XX/XX/XXXX which is 35 years after taking our the loan ), and extended payment doesnt qualify for forgiveness. I have been paying on time for 9 years, with the principle of the lon not decreasing. When I talked to a supervisor about this, they told me they were sorry and that the extended loan repayment was to help consumers. How can they even try to say that? I will also be writing my senator and congress representative about their predatory practices. This is disgusting!
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: OR
Zip: 972XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-04-10
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-03-27
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Trouble with how payments are being handled
Consumer Complaint: Essentially I dont have the funds available for room and board and I essentially borro0wed enough to deal with this issue and nothing is being done about it in fact i feel my civil rights have been obscured.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: AZ
Zip: 850XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-03-27
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-03-23
Issue: Dealing with your lender or servicer
Subissue: Received bad information about your loan
Consumer Complaint: 1. Mohela is not following the agreement I signed upon gaining my student loans since inception ... The INTEREST ACCRUAL since Mohela took over the loan is incorrect. It was only supposed to accrue interest until it hit the 10 % mark as per my signed agreement, ( which occurred right before Mohela took over from XXXX ) The interest capitalized on my account is now is WAY over. It should have never gone over XXXX and is now {$210000.00}. 2. MOHELA appears to have been improperly tracking and applying your student loan payments- the corrections made have not corrected the balance. As an example, I was charged an extra charge in 2012 for a leap year day that did not exist since they compound interest daily and charged me 366 days at the 365 day rate. I overpaid by roughly {$20.00}, which is then continuously compounded through the life of the loan. More importantly, this continues to show that they are not tracking the loan. 3. I would like to know the status of my forgiveness date and how many eligible payments I have made to qualify me for the XXXX program as well as full paperwork on the exact terms of this forgiveness program. 4. Is there anyway I can move to working with another program as I do not trust Mohela nor do I believe they are doing a correct/efficient job for the Government nor myself.
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: CO
Zip: 80301
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-03-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2018-03-23
Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem
Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report
Consumer Complaint: Account duplicated multiple times. Department of Ed/ XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX All are dated XXXX/XXXX/2010
Company Response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
State: WI
Zip: 53222
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2018-03-23
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A