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Good luck with what exactly? I haven't done it, but it's fact. I became aware of the loophole through my old job working in the compliance department of the Inland Revenue. You're wrong about not being able to obtain houses. I know of people who've obtained cars, houses, new driving licenses after being banned in previous names. There was even a guy who'd changed his name, and all he had was a basic bank account with a £100 cheque guarantee card. He'd gone to the cashpoint & pressed the 'order new chequebook' button, once a day, for what must have been a long time, then proceeded to pay one cheque for £100 into another account under a different name (with cheque guarantee details on the back of each cheque) every day. As the cheques were guaranted, they all cleared. He swindled a major bank out of around 26k, then just stopped using that name, so the bank were chasing a ghost.
You are in a different country....OOOOOOH, I didn't realize that. No, you cannot do that in the US. You cannot leave your bad credit behind simply by changing your name.



