Air-duct companies banned from Colorado

Nicole Vap, KUSA 2:30 p.m. MDT September 30, 2014

The lawsuit(Photo: KUSA file photo)

DENVER The Colorado Attorney General's office has permanently barred an Aurora air-duct cleaning company from doing business in the state in a scam similar to one exposed by a 9Wants to Know investigation.

Seabreeze Air, LLC, (also knon as Seabreeze Air, Quality Air, Quality Air LLC, and Fresh Air) are banned from performing air-duct cleaning services or advertising in Colorado as part of a settlement with the Attorney General's Office. The owners of the company, Andre Shatyko and Alexander Kurdyukov, are also banned from doing business in Colorado.

According to investigators, the company would offer extremely low-cost air-duct cleaning services in advertisements with Groupon, LivingSocial and ValPak with "no intention of honoring the advertised rate." The Consumer Protection Section of the AG's office filed a civil lawsuit against the company last November.

"Consumers let us know there was a problem with this Seabreeze nd after we investigated, it was clear that this company lied about its rates and capabilities," said Attorney General John Suthers in a release.

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9Wants to Know investigators looked into Seabreeze and other air-duct companies after learning of similar complaints from customers in 2013. Seabreeze had an "F" rating with the Better Business Bureau at the time but was so busy had no time to schedule an appointment.

9Wants to Know went undercover with a different company, The Finest Duct Cleaning, after seeing an ad for air-duct cleaning for $40.

When the company arrived, an employee told us we had more lines than the offer allowed.

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