RAPID CITY, S.D. — On Tuesday, July 13, Inside Dakota Sports was contacted by Ken Packwood, who is a 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force and a military policeman. Packwood claimed that he is a victim of a fraud scheme by Jason Anderson in which he paid him $6,300 in cash and has not been reimbursed.

Packwood has a 9-year-old son in Little League, and was referred to Anderson from another alleged victim. He contacted Anderson and they set up a tryout date for his son on June 24.

“Anderson told me that my son was a great ball player and that he wanted him on his team,” said Packwood. “We then got together at Applebees on June 25^th. At the meeting he promised us that our son would have a place on Team South Dakota. He said the team was sponsored by Nike, Under Armor, Rawlings and Major League Baseball endorsed.”

Anderson also reportedly told Packwood that his son would receive national recognition at the best tournaments in the country.

“It sounded legit,” said Packwood. “I asked him what the catch was, and Anderson said he needed $5,500 cash so that he could arrange for us to travel to Tennessee for a tournament the weekend of June 26th.”

Packwood was told by Anderson that the money was for travel expenses, meal money on the road, hotels, registration, insurance, membership fees and uniforms. Anderson provided a receipt for the $5,500 payment, according to Packwood. He also told Inside Dakota Sports that he has the receipt in his possession.

“I gave him cash because he (Anderson) said he didn’t want to get the IRS involved,” said Packwood. “We were supposed to travel and Anderson said we couldn’t go because it was raining in Tennessee.”

Packwood’s son attended practices with Anderson later that same week. Anderson informed the family that Team South Dakota would travel the weekend of July 3 and 4 to Cocoa Beach, Fla. As reported in Inside Dakota Sports article, Traveling Team Organizer alleged to have scammed $33,000 from local parents and coaches, Anderson told another Little League mother that he was meeting her and her son at a tournament in Mitchell, S.D. the weekend of July 3 and 4. He also told the Packwood’s he would be traveling with them to Florida on the exact same days.

“We asked Anderson for itineraries because we set up a deal with him for our whole family to go, six people,” said Packwood. “He told us the flights would be $1,200, so we paid him $800, and made arrangements to pay the other $400 later. He’s a snake charmer. The day we were supposed to leave we got a text from him at 3:30 a.m. saying he got the E-tickets. We called him later that morning and he told us we couldn’t go because he was two players short.”

Packwood said he then called Cocoa Expo Baseball Tournament and found out no Team South Dakota was registered in the tournament there. He then called what was to be the next scheduled trip in Georgia, and again Team South Dakota was not registered.

“I said to myself this has to be a scam,” said Packwood. “I went to Anderson and told him I want my money back. Anderson said he couldn’t give it all back to me because it was tied up in uniforms and travel tickets.”

On July, 7, Anderson wrote Packwood a promissory note of $6,400. The payment was to be reimbursed on July, 9. The day came and Packwood never heard from Anderson.

Packwood finally spoke with Anderson over the phone on July 12, and told him he had until 6 p.m. to refund all $6,300.

“I told him I was fed up and that I was going to file a suit against him,” said Packwood.

According to Packwood, Anderson attempted to dissuade him from filing a complainant, saying he was going to borrow the money from his sister.

No money has been reimbursed by Anderson to any of the alleged victims. The total amount received by Anderson according to sources is $39,900.

Inside Dakota Sports contacted Jason Anderson on his cell phone and he refused to comment or respond to the allegations against him.

*If you have paid Jason Anderson money for your child to participate in one of his enterprises, contact Inside Dakota Sports.*

Morandi Hurst contributed reporting to this article.