This week (July 15, 2026), a Hughes County judge gave the State of South Dakota a permanent injunction against a co-owner of Advanced Resources LLC, which did business in the state as Patriot Warranty.
The judge also awarded the State civil penalties and attorney’s fees totaling more than $34,500 ($34,579) against Jack C. Yedid. Yedid did not respond to the complaint.
The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division received 419 complaints about the company dating back to 2021, and identified two South Dakota victims among the consumer complaints. The A-G’s Office said Yedid and co-owner Charles Seruya filed Amended Articles of Organization with the South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office in 2019 for a company called Advanced Resources LLC. The owners then filed a “Doing Business As” certificate with the Secretary of State’s Office in 2020 for a business named Patriot Warranty.
The company sold putative auto and motorcycle warranties online. Most of their customers were located out of state, particularly in California. Customers would try to cancel their contracts, only to be told that they needed to provide a notarized intent to cancel. Telephone calls, messages, and emails to the company were not returned. The defendants also listed a false Sioux Falls address on their application form and website.
When consumers would get an answer from Patriot Warranty, they were told a refund check was coming and that the check had been delayed because of issues in the finance department. New dates for a refund check were provided, but it would never arrive.
Advanced Resources LLC was administratively dissolved by the Secretary of State in December 2020 for failure to submit an annual report. Despite this dissolution, defendants continued to do business as Patriot Warranty.
South Dakota’s Consumer Protection Division filed an action against the owners in April 2026. Seruya agreed to a settlement where he paid $948.33 to a South Dakota victim and received a permanent injunction banning him from doing this type of business in South Dakota.
The Attorney General’s Office investigated and prosecuted the case. Money from the civil penalties will go to restitution for the remaining South Dakota victim and funding further consumer protection efforts.
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