More than seven-thousand Wisconsin businesses are getting refunds for a business certificate scam.
State Attorney General Josh Kaul says two Florida-based companies sent out tens of thousands of mailers that appeared to be from a government office, asking businesses to buy a certificate of status for 72-dollars. Businesses are not required to have certificates of status but could order one from a state agency for only ten dollars.
The Florida companies and their owners are ordered to pay three-point-five million dollars, including 600-thousand in refunds to the scammed Wisconsin businesses.
