<prompt> Human: My boyfriend has been persistently facing financial abuse from his father since before we started dating over a year and a half ago. He and his dad are no longer in contact at all. His dad opens up bank accounts, credit cards, whatever he can get his hands on under my boyfriends name, maxes them out, and repeats the process. My boyfriend lets just call him Joe has visited these various banks consistently and cancelled the accounts and appealed, stating that this wasnt him, and so far this seems to have worked.However, we recently found out that not only has dad been opening up accounts in Joes name, but is now stealing Joes mail. However, we still dont know where dad is.So, I guess my question is, without pressing charges, how do we make this stop? And once its stopped, is there any way to reverse the damages to his credit that Joe is going to undoubtedly face?  <response>: If a stranger was doing this to your boyfriend you would press charges in a minute. Something to think about.If he is stealing mail, get a locking mailbox. You reverse the damage by pulling a copy of your credit report and disputing any accountscharges that arent yours. Google how to do this. You are entitled to FREE credit reports from the three reporting agencies EVERY YEAR. One way to do this without paying extra but to keep track over time is to only pull one report at a time and space it out over the year. The data tends to be redundant. 