Provo Man Goes To Tennessee Looking For Answers In The 12DailyPro Debacle

Jeff Johnson boarded an 8:30 a.m. Delta flight at Salt Lake City International. His final destination: Clarksville, Tennessee. It would take most of the day to get there. Why Clarksville? It's home to StormPay.com -- the internet payment service that earlier this month froze all 12DailyPro accounts. That started a cascade that shutdown 12DailyPro to new and existing members and tied up millions of dollars.

Johnson was frustrated with the lack of communication from StormPay and the lack of specifics from 12DailyPro. He also feels more than a little guilty that he got so many of his friends and family to also sink their money into program. "If I don't get back a dime of what I now have in StormPay and 12DailyPro, I'll still come out ahead," says Johnson. It's all the others that he worries about. "I'm not doing this for myself."

Most of those same friends and family are optimistic that Johnson can actually break the ice jam that has kept their money frozen. He is a bit more realistic. "My trip will be a success if I just put a face on the people out there who are just asking -- where's my money?" He wants to at least meet with the principals at both StormPay and 12DailyPro so they will understand that those who have suffered a loss are real people -- not just names and membership number transmitted in cyberspace. He will also meet with state investigators in Tennessee on Monday and later this week, he'll be interviewed by Federal investigators in Charlotte, North Carolina -- the headquarters of 12DailyPro. He believes that they too need to understand that the apparent victims in this debacle are real.

As Johnson drove up I-24 Sunday evening, he rehearsed questions that he would like to ask Steve Girsky, CEO of StormPay. Now if only he can get the chance.