Richard Burnett of the Orlando (FL) Sentinel is reporting that Fifth Third Bank's error mars credit reports -- Fifth Third says a computer glitch put false information into 'several thousand' customer accounts last month:

Fifth Third Bank acknowledged to the Orlando Sentinel this week that a computer glitch related to the recent acquisition of another bank spilled false information into "several thousand" customer accounts, in some cases generating credit-history errors and incorrect credit scores. The problem began last month, when Fifth Third converted files of customers from the former R-G Crown Bank of Casselberry to its own system. Fifth Third, the region's seventh-largest bank, closed its buyout of Crown in mid-November. Cincinnati-based Fifth Third did not say how the glitch occurred but indicated that a third-party vendor was involved.