By: James | November 28, 2012

By: Stephen Largen


COLUMBIA — A law firm representing the state in the aftermath of a massive cyber breach now says no competitors were contacted before the state reached a $12 million no-bid contract with Experian.

Attorney Jon Neiditz of Columbia firm Nelson Mullins said the confusion over whether the firm had contacted other credit monitoring companies resulted from an unclear statement made by another attorney.

The company is providing a year of credit monitoring for taxpayers and dependents as well as lifetime credit fraud resolution.


The confusion over whether Nelson Mullins ever reached out to Experian competitors began at an Oct. 30 Senate Finance Committee hearing.


Revenue Department Director James Etter, who is resigning effective at t...

Category: Identity theft 

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