Did you dispute your credit report? You could get up to $160 as part of $23M settlement.

Did you dispute your credit report? You could get up to $160 part of $23M settlement.

The settlement ends an accusation that TransUnion didn't property investigate disputes from consumers.Canva illustration for NJ.com

You could receive up to $160 as part of a class action lawsuit that accused a major credit bureau of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

The $23 million settlement resolves accusations that TransUnion did not properly investigate consumer disputes of hard inquiries on their credit files or it did not remove the disputed claims.

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