12 Daily Pro's Charis Johnson Breaks Her Silence

Day two in Charlotte picked up where day one left off – with dead ends. We had tried every phone number and address that we knew for Charis Johnson – we wanted to give her an opportunity to tell her side of the 12 Daily Pro debacle on camera. We wanted her to explain how her program could promise on it’s website a 12% return “daily”.

We were turned away Tuesday afternoon at the building where she has an office. We began Wednesday with another rejection. We also went to the address she'd given for her legal defense fund. Turns out it is a UPS store. And then there was the corporate address on file with the state of North Carolina. That was an apartment she used to rent. She apparently had moved out in late December or early January.

By noon, we'd exhausted all known possibilities. But then, a source close to Georgia consumer investigation of 12 Daily Pro gave us one more address. Turns out it was for a new house in a new subdivision in suburban Charlotte. We knocked on the door. No answer. Another dead end.

Or so we thought. Just as we were getting ready to leave…a car pulls into the driveway. In it was a man who is apparently Charis Johnson’s husband, Scott Horwitt. Although some 12 Daily Pro members have speculated about his involvement in the program, ABC 4 news has been unable to find his name on any documents related to the venture.

He was obviously flustered by the camera. And even though we were standing on a public sidewalk across the street from him, he ordered us off, saying we were on private property.

When he went inside, he apparently called Charis who then called the ABC 4 news. It was the first time she'd attempted to make contact with us, but her motivation had nothing to do with shedding light on 12 Daily Pro. Instead, during a 10 minute conversation which she grew increasing hostile, Charis Johnson threatened a lawsuit if we aired any part of what we shot at the house.

But the phone call at least led to us getting a name and number of her Charlotte attorney. Noell Tin has been retained by Charis to handle state and federal investigators. All previous contact had been through Steven Carr, an attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is still working for Charis on negotiations with Storm Pay over the frozen 12 Daily Pro account.

We met Tin in his offices in downtown Charlotte Wednesday evening. He said he could not comment on any of the particulars of the 12 Daily Pro business model, the number of members in the program or the amount of money taken in. To do so, he said, would be inappropriate during an investigation. He did say that Charis is cooperating fully with the FBI, which has taken the lead in the North Carolina investigation.

Earlier this month 12 Daily Pro’s money transfer account with Storm Pay was frozen. That forced 12 Daily Pro to suspend operations – it no longer accepts upgrades (additional investment) or new members. Storm Pay is reportedly holding $50,000,000. Storm Pay said it froze the account claiming that 12 Daily Pro was a likely Ponzi scheme.