Other text solicitations demanded between $150 and $175 to file annual meeting minutes. For nonprofits, the cost is between $20 and $60, depending on the nonprofit’s annual gross revenue. The texts did not disclose that businesses can file required annual reports directly with the Secretary of State’s Office for $60. Tens of thousands of text message solicitations demanded $200 to file annual reports with the Secretary of State.
The large-scale, lucrative text and email scheme targeted Washington small businesses and nonprofits.įerguson’s lawsuit, filed in King County Superior Court, asserts the Wyoming companies and their owner, Cameron Groom, sent deceptive solicitations that were designed to appear as though they were sent by the Secretary of State. The lawsuit is part of Ferguson’s Small Business Protection Initiative.
These deceptive text messages cost Washington businesses at least $163,000. SEATTLE - Attorney General Bob Ferguson today filed a consumer protection lawsuit against two businesses and their owner for sending hundreds of thousands of deceptive texts and emails to Washington businesses and nonprofits. Businesses deceived into paying three times the cost to file standard state annual reports
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