The Danbury Police Department has seen an increase of fraudulent tax filing being reported.  Spokesman Lt Christian Carroccio says it's been at least 10 a day since the filing season started. 

Police are offering some reminders to residents if they suspect they are a victim, in addition to filing a report with them.  The steps include going to the IRS in Danbury to file an identity theft affidavit, filing a Paper Tax Return and contacting the FTC to file a complaint.  Another step that should be taken is contacting one of the three credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian or TransUnion. 

The company that is contacted will then alert the other two.