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Charlotte Attorney Working To Recover Siskey Ponzi Scheme Funds For Investors

Michael Tomsic

It’s been a little over a year since federal investigators caught up to Charlotte businessman Rick Siskey and the Ponzi scheme he was running. He committed suicide a few days after court filings indicated that he was under investigation.

Investors are owed about $50 million. Charlotte attorney Charles Monnett is trying to get some of that money back for his clients who are victims of Siskey’s fraud and talked to WFAE's Gwendolyn Glenn about his efforts.

Mr. Monnett represents some victims of the Ponzi scheme run by Rick Siskey. Federal investigators uncovered the fraud in late 2016. Siskey killed himself a few days later. 

Gwendolyn is an award-winning journalist who has covered a broad range of stories for local and national media. She voiced reports for National Public Radio and for several years was a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered news program in Wash., D.C. She also worked as an on-air contract reporter for CNN and has had her work featured in the Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post.