LABELLE, FL. -- A letter from "Straitway Realty Solutions, Requisition Department" is being received by residents this week, apparently sent to property owners from county tax records.
The unsigned letter with no address indicates "you SHOULD be able to get some cash out of this with assistance," but is totally unclear what their scheme may be. The Florida Secretary of State's office indicates Straitway Realty Solutions is not registered to do business in the state of Florida.
They claim they are "reaching out to you on behalf of Rubin & Lehrer Family Investment Co LTD," and leave the phone number (704) 678-3608 to call.
The letter claims their "research has determined that you are affiliated with Rubin & Lehrer Family Investment Company. However, we have no affiliation with that company.
A search of the Florida Secretary of State records indicates that Rubin & Lehrer Family Investment Co., LLP, a limited partnership, had it's status revoked on 9/27/2019 for not filing an annual report. It had last filed a required annual report on 4/13/2018. The partnership filed for reinstatement on 2/4/2022. The general partner is Nelson Lehrer, Trustee in Tampa, Fl.
The language of the letter leaves some doubt of the writer's ability to clearly use the English language, i.e. "If you're interested in our organization helping to rip the money back from the County that thinks they stole it, then we know the State Tax Rules and can help you do just that." We don't know what that means.
The phone number in the letter seems to be connected to Alexander Halliman, age 35 in Gastonia, N.C. who lives or did live at 1004 Sapphire Dr. The phone number also appeared on a Craig's List ad posted in February seeking to buy for cash, unopened and unexpired diabetic test strips, and says they will pick them up "throughout North Carolina."
(Buying diabetic test strips is part of a black market where middlemen buy from people who obtained them through insurance at little or no cost. It's illegal to sell them if paid for by a government program like Medicare, Medicaid, or a state program. Middlemen then use Amazon or eBay to market them, but the biggest profits come from returning them to pharmacies said a New York Times article, who then sell them as new, billing insurance companies full price, and demand rebates from the manufacturer.)
Straitway appears to be an 8-month old company registered in North Carolina with an address of 206 E 1st St #718, Lowell, NC, but no address appears on the letter, and additionally the business is not registered with the Florida Secretary of State to do business in Florida.
We urge recipients of such letters to proceed carefully, if not to ignore them completely. We don't know if this is some form of scam or not, but at the least, caution is indicated when you receive a letter with an out of state phone number and without a person's signature or even a business address.
Thank you Don very much!
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