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From the Orange County Register, 6/15/93, used without permission

Dating Service is Target of Fraud Inquiry
Dawn Yoshitake: The Orange County Register

Police are investigating a defunct dating service for fraud after
complaints from former customers and employees.

The complaints center on Successful Singles International of Orange County
- a 2 year old company that allegedly double-billed customers on their
credit cards, did not provide the number of referrals under the agreement
and did not offer the rigorous screening and matching service promised.

The investigation was prompted when a former employee filed a complaint
with the Costa Mesa Police Department, Sgt. Mike Millington said.

Bradley Green, former Successful Singles chief executive and owner,
refused to comment, according to one of Green's housemates.  Richard
Packer, former chief financial officer and secretary, and his wife Joyce,
former sales manager, could  not be reached for comment.

Alfredo Garrido, a former Successful Singles client, said he paid the
$1,495 one-year membership with two credit cards.  When he received his
credit card statement, he says he was billed $1,400 from a limousine and a
tuxedo company.

Garrido says Successful Singles told him they used his credit cards for
those services and would consider his dating membership paid in full.  But
shortly afterword, however, he was billed $800 for another limousine bill.

Former employees Kim Bush and Sandra McDowell said they became concerned
when customers called to complain of being charged twice on membership
fees.

Successful Singles accounts were transferred to another dating service,
Southern California Connections in Orange.  Connections general manager
Mark Tomaino said from Successful Singles customers do not havae to pay
fees to get the same number of date referrals they were promised by
Successful Singles.