Our company was scammed too. I'd be interested in what you Dad could find out or has found out since. I think also there should be a rallying place for a class action lawsuite. Please post anything that you think might help others on here who've lost their money.
Biography with Joan Lunden is a scam. It used to be World Progress Report, then changed to Spotlight, and now is Biography. They change the business name and phone number every few months. They've used other anchors over the years including Hugh Downs and Morley Safer. Stay away!
For more info about the scam, see this article from TechDirt.
We were called by 561-613-0258 and told that Biography wanted to interview us - we believe it may be a scam. They gave us a website: www.biographypt.com to check.
I received a call regarding possibly appearing in a new program affiliated with Biography. Felt like a scam to me, especially the way the woman kept dropping Joan Lunden's name. She was also under the impression that I would interrupt my Executive Director's maternity leave to have her get in touch with them. I wanted to tell her where to go right then and there, but I wanted to do a little research first, just in case this was legit. Wish now that I'd gone ahead and spoken my mind.
They are big time scanners currently operating as a Public TV commercial fillers. The seniior producer "Stephen Warner " was very convincing and had our company fooled until they asked for 20 grand. Evil stealing [***]. They've taken enough of my time. stay away!!