Secretary of State Nancy Landry is warning about fraudulent letters mailed to Louisiana enterprise house owners relating to their annual report filings together with her company.

The letters look like from an entity referred to as “Enterprise Submitting, powered by Firstep.” They threaten {that a} enterprise could also be administratively dissolved or revoked in the event that they don’t file their annual report by means of the Firstep platform by a sure date.

“These letters aren’t from the Louisiana Secretary of State‘s Business Division and ought to be discarded,” Landry mentioned in a information launch.

Enterprise house owners are inspired to view their annual report renewals and different filings at www.geauxBIZ.com. They will additionally name the Secretary of State’s Business Division at (225) 925-4704 or e mail business@sos.la.gov. All official correspondence associated to enterprise filings will come by means of the geauxBIZ portal or on Secretary of State letterhead.

Landry additionally encourages enterprise house owners to subscribe to the company’s free business e mail notification system on the geauxBIZ portal. The system is meant to guard companies from fraud and generates messages relating to enterprise filings, workplace closures and potential fraudulent exercise.