Fraudulent Business Filings Working Group
Pursuant to SB 22-034, the Colorado Department of State has created the Fraudulent Business Filings Working Group. This Working Group is authorized to meet in accordance with the newly enacted section 7-90-315, C.R.S.
Schedule of meetings (subject to change) (PDF)
Final Report of the Fraudulent Business Filings Working Group - SB22-034 (PDF)
Transmittal letter to Speaker McCluskie and President Fenberg (PDF)
Meetings
Meeting info
This meeting has been canceled as the Working Group’s statutory obligations have concluded.
This report will now be transmitted to the General Assembly for their legislative consideration.
This concludes the work of the Fraudulent Business Filings Working Group as originally created by SB22-034.
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2/06/2023 - Draft Report Comments from Chuck Calvin (PDF)
2/06/2023 - Important releases to consider before 2/6/23 meeting - provided by Herrick Lidstone:
Colorado takes a tougher stand against business identity fraud (Denver Post)
2/03/2023 - Draft of the Fraudulent Filings Working Group Report, 2/01/2023 revisions
1/04/2023 - Draft Report Comments from Herrick Lidstone (PDF)
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12/29/2022 - Memo from Herrick Lidstone - Beneficial Ownership - CTA (PDF)
1/03/2023 - Memo from Greg Wertsch (PDF)
1/04/2023 - Memo from Greg Wertsch (PDF)
Memo attachment - CNN Exclusive (PDF)
1/04/2023 - Memo from Herrick Lidstone (PDF)
1/04/2023 - Memo from Greg Wertsch: response to Lidstone (PDF)
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10/20/2022 - Memo from Chris Beall - Analysis of one week of entity registrations (PDF)
Attachment A - Business entities in Colorado, 091822-092422 (XLSX)
10/21/2022 - Memo from Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr. - PO Boxes and principal office addresses (PDF)
SOS business registry and ID verification, presented by Mr. Larry Benson (PPTX)
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10/4/2022 - Memo from Herrick Lidstone (PDF)
9/21/2022 - Memo from Herrick Lidstone (PDF)
Memo from Chris Beall - Background information about Gname corps (PDF)
Data on corporate filings for Gname entities (XLSX)
WIPO Domain name decisions involving Gname entities (PDF)
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9/09/2022 - Gabby Reed, RELX Group
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