FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York City
(Reuters) – NerdWallet Inc said on Saturday that it did not file for bankruptcy, saying a fraudulent filing appeared on an electronic public access service for U.S. federal court documents.
“NerdWallet did not file for bankruptcy. This is a fraudulent filing and we are actively investigating the situation,” the company said in a statement.
The filing that appeared earlier on Saturday was signed by Robert Johnson and listed an address in Buffalo, New York.
The corporate address provided appeared to belong to a residence.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
