rebecca taylor
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MN
My husband's then estranged but now ex-wife forged his signature as a cosigner for her sister's sallie mae student loan for approximately $30,000 sometime in 2004. He was not aware of this until late 2006 when he filed for chapter 13 BK and it showed up on his credit report. He disputed the loan as fraudulent and found out from his ex that she signed his name because she felt justified. We didn't receive any notifications and thought that was the end of it. In late 2008/early 2009 the BK was dismissed, and we subsequently began receiving notifications that her sister wasn't making payments and that Sallie Mae was asking him to pay. He called and they said that was a mistake and his name wasn't even on the documents anymore. A few months after that, we got more notices and each time he called. Finally they referred him to the fraud department and he submitted all the paperwork with notarized signatures, copies of past tax filings with both of their signatures around the time of the loan, and filed a police report. he sent all that in to Sallie Mae. After many many calls and messages, finally they said that the signature didn't "look" like his, but they needed to talk to the exwife. My husband called her, and finally after several heated conversations, she admitted that what she did was wrong and agreed to call Sallie Mae. she SAYS she did, and this has been several months since, but Sallie mae still sends notices, doesn't return calls, and basically we are at a loss of what to do. I've notified the FBI, local news, even wrote a letter to Obama with a request for an investigation over how someone could get $30,000 from the government without ever having to prove their identity? The recipient of the loan says she didn't know about the fraud, has lost her job, hasn't made regular payments for a few years now. This is on his credit report and I'm worried they will garnish his wages. It isn't right, but we don't know what to do at this point. What should be our next action?
My husband's then estranged but now ex-wife forged his signature as a cosigner for her sister's sallie mae student loan for approximately $30,000 sometime in 2004. He was not aware of this until late 2006 when he filed for chapter 13 BK and it showed up on his credit report. He disputed the loan as fraudulent and found out from his ex that she signed his name because she felt justified. We didn't receive any notifications and thought that was the end of it. In late 2008/early 2009 the BK was dismissed, and we subsequently began receiving notifications that her sister wasn't making payments and that Sallie Mae was asking him to pay. He called and they said that was a mistake and his name wasn't even on the documents anymore. A few months after that, we got more notices and each time he called. Finally they referred him to the fraud department and he submitted all the paperwork with notarized signatures, copies of past tax filings with both of their signatures around the time of the loan, and filed a police report. he sent all that in to Sallie Mae. After many many calls and messages, finally they said that the signature didn't "look" like his, but they needed to talk to the exwife. My husband called her, and finally after several heated conversations, she admitted that what she did was wrong and agreed to call Sallie Mae. she SAYS she did, and this has been several months since, but Sallie mae still sends notices, doesn't return calls, and basically we are at a loss of what to do. I've notified the FBI, local news, even wrote a letter to Obama with a request for an investigation over how someone could get $30,000 from the government without ever having to prove their identity? The recipient of the loan says she didn't know about the fraud, has lost her job, hasn't made regular payments for a few years now. This is on his credit report and I'm worried they will garnish his wages. It isn't right, but we don't know what to do at this point. What should be our next action?