Experian Takes Charge of Consumer Data Abandoned in Kansas

The credit reporting agency Experian denies it is responsible for the abandonment of thousands of confidential consumer data records but a spokesman says the company has dispatched two employees to Topeka, Kansas, to retrieve the records.

As ConsumerAffairs.Com reported on June 16, tens of thousands of consumer records were left unattended and unsecured when an office building formerly occupied by the Topeka Credit Bureau was sold. The new owner of the building, Augie Bogina, has been trying to have the files safely removed since last fall.

Susan Henson, an Experian spokesperson, said the credit agency is not responsible for the data, as any credit or consumer-related reports were already returned to Experian in October 2003, when the building was sold.

The building apparently changed hands at least once before being bought by Kent Hollins, a lawyer and owner of several collection agencies, who in turn sold it to Bogina, a political consultant.

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