A syndicate of Missouri-based companies scammed people across the country, collecting more $110 million through mail-in sweepstakes schemes, federal and state authorities say.
Elderly people were often the victims of the wide-ranging fraud, duped into paying fees they thought would secure them big cash prizes, according to the Federal Trade Commission and Missouri Attorney General.
The FTC and Missouri filed a civil complaint last week, alleging Kevin Brandes, 54, and William Graham, 49, operated the scheme through a complex network of inter-related businesses based in the Kansas City suburbs
Neither man responded to a request for comment.…