ST. LOUIS (AP) – The operators of a sweepstakes scam that affected senior
citizens and others will forfeit $30 million in cash and assets under a
settlement announced by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and the Federal
Trade Commission.The agencies said Thursday the settlement is a record for both the attorney general and FTC for a sweepstakes scam.
The agencies say Kevin Brandes, William Graham and Charles Floyd Anderson sent deceptive mailers to consumers worldwide. The trio operated out of Kansas City, Missouri, along with corporations under their control.
The mailers falsely claimed recipients won large cash prizes but had to pay
fees of up to $140 to get them. Other mailers involved fraudulent “games of
skill.”
The defendants must forfeit more than $21 million in cash along with property
that will be liquidated to help reimburse victims.
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