You can also contact FRONTLINE and Democracy Now! Their addresses are both available at this website. Just type in- SHAME SHAME BRIAN, and click on Ripoff Report #555030 and the addresses are listed in Consumer Comment #28.

This is EXACTLY what happened to my company.  They are holding thousands of dollars and claim they will release it in 12 months.  Numerous calls and emails requesting this in writing and they absolutely Refuse!  The BBB Supports this.  When I submitted my last claim to the BBB, they said that EPS made good faith effort to resolve the situation.  All they did was state one lie after the other and proof in writing on the BBB that they response offers no resolution of any sort.  When supporting documentation was sent to the BBB proving their lies, they refused to proceed with the claim and closed in the EPS favor.  Good Faith...MY a*s!  Excuse the language!  But if EPS refuses to put in writing that they will release the funds in 12 months, this means they have NO intentions of releasing it at all.  This is THEFT in every way and the BBB in Colorado is supporting it. 

Eps signs business owners up to process credit cards and once the company gets started collecting the fees Eps holds the money and says they need time to evaluate the business model but for now we have to hold your money for one year while we look into this process... Complete fraud... If you google eps you will see nothing but fraud after fraud. However, when you look at eps under the bbb even with numerous complaints they give them an A+rating!! If we cant see that the bbb is involved with committing fraud then we need to see an eye doctor right away!!!

Thank you Karl for sharing that information.  Since BBB and EPS are both under investigation, now is a good time to share this with the Denver News.  No one else can help.  Attorney Generals office in Colorado says to file a complaint with the BBB.  REALLY? Been there, done that and no help. 

Feel free to send a copy of your Ripoff Report to all of the Local TV News Stations in Denver. You can put it to the attention of 'Investigative Reporter'. Simply 'Google' the following:
9NEWS Denver
7NEWS Denver
CBS Denver
KDVR Denver
Maybe one of them will contact you and do a story on TV. Good luck to you, and keep us updated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo8kfV9kONw
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/business-bureau-los-angeles/story?id=18706507

We were approved with the EPS for merchant services back in December, 2012.  By the time they set us up, we were ready to process first week of January.  For 2 days we processed well over $4,000.00. Then EPS contacted us requesting information about the signed invoices and contracts. we sent all supporting documentation.  A week later they were still holding our money and then claimed we are too high risk and holding our money for 12 months.  After many attempts to resolve this issue by getting the funds reversed and closing everything out, EPS refuses to acknowledge they are holding the money.  I have sent over a dozen emails total and tried calling Travis and Mike Peterson in regards to getting everything in writing and they will not answer any calls or emails.
I reported this to the BBB in mid January explaining the situation and asking for either all transactions to be reversed.  EPS responded with one lie after another and never acknowledged they are holding all our money.   I sent BBB all supporting documentation showing they lied and email threads of us emailing them time and time again to send us written documentation of the funds they are holding.
BBB then replied stating that they are satisfied with EPS original response  so they are closing the case.
I emailed BBB asking if they could please at least investigate a little further. All we want at this point is written documentation of the funds they are holding and when they intend to release them.  As of date, over a month later, BBB has ignored me and so has EPS.
This original complaint to the BBB was entered in Mid January and as of date they have not posted our complaint live on line?  there are many complaints after ours, so I  wonder why the BBB won't post it?  Maybe because it proves that EPS is a scam and the BBB is supporting them?
We are a new start up business as of December 2012, and this hit us hard.  Any suggestions on what we can do to contact the FTC about this investigation would be a great help. 
These kind of scams need to be stopped!