A salute to the Sheriff Al Lamberti of Broward County Florida.  He is taking a new approach to the identity theft at tax time problem.  The Sheriff is fighting back using  code enforcement.

 The Broward Sheriff’s Office and the City of Oakland Park recently began examining many of the newly opened tax service providers opening within the city. According to a prepared release, approximately three dozen tax service providers have opened since the start of the 2012. So far the investigators have found that many of these temporary businesses don’t have the proper business licenses required to operate.

 Florida officials have some concerns that the illegally operating shops are possibly contributing to the growing number of identity theft cases. They suspect some illegitimate tax preparers are taking customer information and using it to either file phony tax returns or selling the information to others.