Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap Launches Innovative New Service to Combat Corporate Fraud
25 Februar 2014 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Maine business owners and registered agents
have a new tool to monitor corporate filings
The Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, a
division of the Department of Secretary of State, becomes just the
second state agency in the nation to introduce an Online Corporate
Fraud Monitoring service.
Maine business owners and registered agents have now been
provided with the ability to automatically be notified of any
filing completed against their business entities.
Governor Paul R. LePage applauded the service as an important
tool for the business community. "This service provides everyone,
from a large corporation to the average small business owner, with
a chance to be proactive in their fight against individuals who
intend to harm others and seek profit by committing fraudulent
filings," said the Governor. "Users are immediately notified of any
new filings, giving them a chance to quickly react to any
unauthorized changes and take defensive steps, like freezing credit
lines and contacting credit bureaus."
Users who sign up for the service will create an online profile
that will keep track of the business entities they want monitored.
This profile will allow users to review, add, or delete entities
from their monitoring account, to review add, delete or edit email
addresses on file for notifications, and to view a list of filings
or changes completed against the entity/entities over the past one
year.
A $35 annual charge will be assessed for each entity listed in
the profile and customers can conveniently pay using a Visa,
MasterCard or Discover debit/credit card or their InforME
Subscriber Account.
If a new filing is submitted for an entity being monitored
through the online service, the customer will receive an email
notification immediately letting them know.
"There are nearly 80,000 registered entities in the State of
Maine," stated Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap. "While small
business owners and corporations may be vigilant in protecting
their entities and investments, it can be difficult to always stay
alert and informed of outside risks. This will eliminate some of
that risk."
The online service was developed at no cost to Maine taxpayers
and was created by the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of
Corporations, Elections and Commissions, in partnership with the
state's e-government portal provider, InforME. Corporate Fraud
Monitoring adds to the suite of corporate services available
through the CEC and Maine.gov, which continues to be the premiere
resource for online business information and services.
For more information regarding this service, please visit the
website at: https://www1.maine.gov/online/sos/cfm.
About Maine.gov
Maine.gov (http://www.Maine.gov) is the official Web portal of
the state of Maine. Maine.gov is a service of InforME, a
collaborative effort between the state of Maine and Maine
Information Network, LLC. part of the NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) family of
companies.
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InforME/Maine.govPaul VandenBussche, 207-621-2600General
Managerpaul@informe.org
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