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Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission has 8 locations, listed below.

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    • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

      7300 W 110th St Ste 700 Overland Park, KS 66210-2332

    • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

      PO Box 34692 Kansas City, MO 64116-0692

    • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

      PO Box 2432 Mission, KS 66201-2432

    • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

      PO Box 2905 Kansas City, KS 66110-2905

    • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

      PO Box 2932 Kansas City, KS 66110-2932

    Business ProfileforNext-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

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    Government Action:
    Federal Trade Commission and State of Missouri (Plaintiffs) v. Next-Gen, Inc.

    The operators of a sweepstakes scam that appeared to target seniors have agreed to forfeit a record $30 million in cash and assets and will be permanently banned from the prize promotion business under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.

    The settlement with the FTC and the State of Missouri requires the defendants to turn over more than $21 million in cash, as well as two luxury vacation homes, a yacht, a Bentley automobile, and other personal property. The case represents the largest forfeiture the FTC has ever obtained in a case against a sweepstakes scam, and the proceeds will be used to refund money to victims.

    “These defendants tricked millions of people—many of them older adults—into paying money to collect prizes that never materialized,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “With our valued partners in the Missouri AG’s office, we are working hard to protect older Americans against scams like these.”

    The settlement stems from a case the FTC and the State of Missouri brought in February 2018. The complaint charged Kevin Brandes, William Graham, and corporations under their control with sending tens of millions of deceptive personalized mailers to consumers around the world since 2013. The defendants’ mailers falsely told recipients they had won or were likely to win a substantial cash prize, as much as $2 million, in exchange for a fee ranging from $9.00 to $139.99. In September 2018, the FTC and the State of Missouri filed an amended complaint that named Charles Floyd Anderson and his corporate alter ego as additional defendants.

    Some of the defendants’ mailers included notices, such as “Congratulations, You Have Just Won $1,230,946.00.” Other mailers invited recipients to play “games of skill,” without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total fees that the recipient would have to pay to play, or that the final round of the game involved a complex mathematical puzzle that few people, if any, could solve. Many consumers, including seniors, paid the defendants several times before realizing they had been scammed.

    Under the agreement, a court-appointed receiver will wind down and dissolve the companies named in the complaint. The receiver will also liquidate the property forfeited by the defendants; the proceeds will be used, along with the defendants’ $21 million cash payment, to provide redress to victims. In addition, the agreement permanently bans the defendants from prize promotions, except those in which consumers sign up in-person.

    The settlement imposes a monetary judgment of more than $114.7 million, which will be suspended after the defendants turn over the $30 million in assets and cash. The full judgment will become due immediately if the defendants are found to have misrepresented their financial condition.

    The FTC appreciates assistance provided in this case by the U.K. National Trading Standards Scams Team, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, the Better Business Bureau of Greater Kansas City, the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, and the Utah Attorney General’s Office. To facilitate cooperation with the U.K. National Trading Standards Scams Team, the FTC relied on key provisions of the U.S. SAFE WEB Act, which allows the FTC to share information with foreign counterparts to combat deceptive and unfair practices that cross national borders.

    The Commission vote approving the proposed stipulated final order against Brandes, Graham, Anderson, and their companies was 5-0. The Commission vote authorizing the filing of the amended complaint that added Anderson as a defendant was 5-0. The proposed stipulated final order was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri on March 7, 2019.

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    Company is a direct seller of merchandise.

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    Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission has 8 locations, listed below.

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      • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

        7300 W 110th St Ste 700 Overland Park, KS 66210-2332

      • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

        PO Box 34692 Kansas City, MO 64116-0692

      • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

        PO Box 2432 Mission, KS 66201-2432

      • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

        PO Box 2905 Kansas City, KS 66110-2905

      • Next-Gen, Inc. aka Award Notification Commission

        PO Box 2932 Kansas City, KS 66110-2932

      Location of This Business
      7300 W 110th St Ste 700, Overland Park, KS 66210-2332
      BBB File Opened:
      11/26/1989
      Years in Business:
      35
      Business Started:
      4/1/1989
      Business Incorporated:
      5/1/2007
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • International Award Services
      • Central Award Distribution
      • GV Collection
      • National Delivery Service
      • S C S
      • Super Cash Sweepstakes
      • U S Awards Commission
      • Award Notification Commission
      • ANC
      • Judgment Headquarters of Administration
      • Fidelity United Group
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      Business Management
      • Kevin R Brandes, President
      • Kaylee Peterson, Customer Service Manager
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      • Kevin R Brandes, President
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