By Eileen Pace, Texas Public Radio News
SAN ANTONIO – The state Attorney General’s office is shutting down a seniors’ dating service operating in East Texas. The service promised seniors and disabled veterans thousands of dates in exchange for their money.
The dating service operated in the Houston and Beaumont areas, promising seniors, disabled Texans, and veterans that it had thousands of potential matches in its database.
The Attorney General’s office said Javier Luna and his company, Matchmaker, which also used the name Sagejax, Inc., would cold-call targets and encourage in-person visits to the Matchmaker offices to discuss membership.
The AG says once in the offices, the potential customers learned the fee-based dating service wanted from $3,000 to $10,000 dollars, and if they didn’t sign up, were told they would be subject to a termination fee or face debt collection action by defendant Monterrey Financial.
The Attorney General filed an injunction to shut the business down. The defendants reportedly also falsely claimed they had the endorsement of the Better Business Bureau.
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