>>
>> ARRESTED FOR VOYEURISM, >> SINGLES BEWARE IN THIS KGW
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >>> BEGINNING WITH A KGW
INVESTIGATION OF A LOCAL WOMAN
WHO PAID A PORTLAND DATING
SERVICE TO FIND HER A MATCH,
BUT INSTEAD, THEY SENT HER A
MAN OF CONVICTED VOYEURISM.
UNBELIEVABLE SHE CALLED KGW
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER KRISTIN
SEVERANCE FOR HELP, AND THE
OWNER OF THAT COMPANY HAS
OFFICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: I AM NEW TO KGW
AND PORTLAND, BUT I HAVE BEEN
AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR
YEARS, AND I HAVE HEARD AND
READ COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS
MAN'S DATING COMPANIES FOR
PEOPLE ACROSS THE U.S. BUT,
WHAT THIS PORTLAND WOMAN TOLD
ME WAS A FIRST.
>> SOMEBODY TO HAVE FUN WITH.
>> Reporter: THIS MOM AND
GRANDMOTHER WAS READY TO FIND A
PARTNER.
PARTNER.
PARTNER. >> I LOVE TO DANCE, RIGHT NOW I
HAVE A TORN MENISCUS FROM
DANCING AT MY BIRTHDAY PARTY.
>> Reporter: PORTLAND SINGLES
ONLINE, A DATING COMPANY IN
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. >> THEY LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT
THEY WERE PRETTY THOROUGH ABOUT
VETTING PEOPLE, ABOUT
INTERVIEWING PEOPLE,
INTERVIEWING PEOPLE, >> Reporter: THE PORTLAND
SINGLES WEBSITE SAYS THAT YOUR
SAFETY COMES FIRST AND WE NEED
EVERYONE TO MEET IN PERSON AND
CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS WHERE
APPLICABLE ON EVERY MEMBER SO
THAT YOU FEEL SECURE SHE PAID
$2000 TO JOIN.
>> I WANTED IT TO BE SAFE.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE FIRST
MATCH IS THAT THEY SENT HER WAS
STILL MARRIED.>> I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE IMPRESSED BECAUSE HE IS
BUFF BUT ALSO HE HAS A WIFE AT
HOME, THAT IS A WIFE THAT IS
NOT A DIVORCE THAT IS NOT
SINGLE, THAT IS A WIFE, AND
THAT IS REALLY NOT OKAY WITH
ME.
ME.
ME. >>
ME. >> Reporter: SAYING THAT
MEMBERSHIPS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE
TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SINGLE.
SHE SAYS THAT THE COMPANY
CENTER ANOTHER MATCH, BUT SHE
GOOGLED THE MAN'S NAME BEFORE
SETTING UP A DATE.
>> WITHIN THREE SECONDS,
ARRESTED FOR VOYEURISM WHERE HE
LIVES.
LIVES.
LIVES. FOR SETTING UP A CAMERA IN A
WOMAN'S BATHROOM THAT WAS HIS
TENANT, AND WATCHING HER WHILE
HE WAS DOING HIS THING.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO
RECORDS HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
ATTEMPTED VOYEURISM, PUTTING
PEOPLES IN BATHROOMS AND
CEILINGS, SPYING ON HIS TENANT
WHILE SHOWERING.
WHILE SHOWERING. WHAT CAME INTO YOUR MIND WHEN
YOU GOOGLED HIS NAME?
>> IT MADE ME MAD AND MADE ME
FEEL SO INCREDIBLY UNSAFE AND
VIOLATED I CANNOT EVEN TELL
YOU.>> Reporter: SHE SENT A
LETTER TO PORTLAND SINGLES
ASKING FOR A REFUND, BUT SHE
NEVER HEARD BACK.
PORTLAND SINGLES IS ONE OF HALF
OF A DOZEN DATING COMPANIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY OWNED BY
TOROS YET ANNEXED CAN, DOZENS OF
CUSTOMERS HAVE COMPLAINED TO
BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU'S ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND THEY WERE
PRESSURED INTO SIGNING
CONTRACTS COSTING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
THE OFFICES IN PITTSBURGH,
FILLED THE -- PHILADELPHIA, AND
DALLAS PUT OUT ALERTS ABOUT HIS
COMPANIES.
COMPANIES. >> THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THESE
PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT THEY
PAID, THERE IS AN EXPECTATION
TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE PAID
FOR.>> Reporter: STEPHEN
MAYERS'S POTENTIAL CUSTOMER
SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD READ FROM
THE SITE AND THE COMPANY.
>> ALL THAT INFORMATION IS
THERE AND ASK THEM HOW THEY ARE
VETTING THE PEOPLE THAT THEY
ARE PROVIDING YOU.
>> Reporter: SO, YOU KNOW MY
WHO COME -- YOU MIGHT KNOW WHO
WILL COME YOUR WAY.
OF COURSE, WE REACH OUT TO THE
COMPANY, WE HEARD BACK FROM
THEIR ATTORNEY, HE SAID THAT
THE OWNER WAS UNAWARE OF THIS
COMPLAINT, AND THEY WILL BE
GIVING THE WOMAN IN OUR STORE A
FULL REFUND.
FULL REFUND. >> FOR ME, I WAS ANGRY FOR THIS
WOMAN, NOT ONLY AS A PERSON BUT
AS A CONSUMER THAT IS A LOT OF
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. >>
MONEY. >> IT IS A LOT OF MONEY AND
THAT IS WHY SHE PAID, BECAUSE
OF THE SAFETY PART OF IT SHE
DID NOT WANT TO DO A FREE
SERVICE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE. IF SHE COULD GO BACK SHE WOULD
HAVE READ ALL OF THE REVIEWS,
AND TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING SHE
COULD ABOUT THIS COMPANY,
ASKING VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE VETTING PROCESS.>>
THANK GOODNESS SHE SEARCH THAT
GUYS NAME THE ONE CONVICTED OF
VOYEURISM.>> Reporter:
VOYEURISM.>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. >> IF YOU HAVE A STORY IDEA
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