12 Daily Pro Mastermind Back in Business

Charis Johnson is at it again. The woman behind 12 Daily Pro who left hundreds of thousands of investors out millions of dollars, has put out her single on a new internet site: www.startupst.com. Startup Street promises to teach people how to be web entrepreneurs making millions for themselves. For a consumer to join, is costs nothing just a lot of personal information and a stream of websites and advertisements along with surveys about those site. This will allow Johnson to create profile that could be much more lucrative than mere membership fees.

ABC 4 asked a West Valley mom and former 12 Daily Pro investor to look at the site, sign-up and then tell us what she thinks. The first thing Debbie Nelson noticed was the layout. The colors are different, but taken as a whole the Startup Street site looks a lot like the 12 Daily Pro site. About the more detailed questionnaire required at sign-up she said, "This is a little bit scarier this time."

Besides the Consumer Lane, there is also a "Business Boulevard" that does require a modest monthly fee.

The program as described is vague. Consumers apparently earn points for viewing the ads and answering questions. Those points can eventually be redeemed for unspecified "awards".

But heres the real bombshell: While promoting her new program, Charis Johnson blasts her old program.

Once the queen of the auto-surf industry, here's what she's saying now:

"If you are currently participating in online surfing programs or riskly high-yield investment programs, the reality is 99% of these programs will fail because they are illegal, run by the unscrupulous or not meant for long term viability. Either way, if you entrust these types of programs with your financial future, you will be sorely disappointed. We want to help you eliminate the need for such risky ventures and give you a sense of pride for accomplishing success on your own terms. You need to take the power to control your destiny out of the hands of those programs and into your own."

"Thats really sad," said Nelson. "Most people are not going to come to this website knowing that this is the same person who started up 12 Daily Pro. She said, "If I wasnt helping [ABC 4], I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole!"

Charis Johnson remains under investigation by the FBI. And her former program 12 Daily Pro and its parent company, LifeClicks LLC, remain under the control of a receiver appointed by a Federal Judge.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is also looking at civil penalties against Johnson and could require that she give back the money that she took from 12 Daily Pro investors.

To check on the federally-apointed receiver's investigation of 12 Daily Pro, log onto: www.tlennonfor12dailypro.com.

Story by: Brent Hunsaker
brent@abc4.tv