IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA UNREDACTED AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF SEIZURE WARRAN TS AND ORDER AND LIS PEN DEN I, Special Agent Timothy Darin Stutheit with the Charlotte Field Of?ce of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice, being duly sworn, state as follows: INTRODUCTION I l. I am a Special Agent with the Federal'Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and have been so employed since January 1997. I am therefore an "investigative or law enforcement of?cer" of the United States within the meaning of Title 18 United States Code, Section 2510(7). I am empowered by law to conduct investigations and to make arrests and seize assets for federal felony violations. I completed new agent training in Quantico, Virginia, and I have received additional training in the investigation of federal criminal matters. I am currently assigned to the Complex Financial Crime squad in Charlotte, North Carolina. I have extensive experience leading investigations involving wire fraud, mail fraud, and securities fraud. Ihave also been the case agent and investigated several cases involving investment fraud and ?Ponzi? schemes. I am familiar through my training and experience with the habits and practices of persons engaged in ?Ponzi? schemes in violation of wire fraud, mail fraud, and securities fraud statutes. Before becoming a Special Agent with the FBI, 1 was a Certi?ed Public Accountant (CPA), a Certi?ed Management Accountant (CMA), and had over three (3) years of public accounting experience. During this public accounting experience, I reviewed the ?nancial records of companies, prepared and audited ?nancial statements, and prepared and reviewed individual, partnership, and corporate tax returns. Case Document 5 Filed 12/21/16 Page 1 of 16 2. The information contained in this Af?davit is based on my own experience, investigation, and observations, as well as information relayed to me by others with knowledge of the investigation. Because this Af?davit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause in support of the requested Seizure Warrants and Order and Lis Pendens, I have not included every detail that I have learned over the course of this investigation. 3. I make this Af?davit in support of Seizure Warrants and an Order and Lis Pendens for the following properties (collectively, ?the Properties?): a. A Seizure Warrant for all funds in the personal bank account of Richard Siskey at Community One Bank, Account (hereafter, ?Siskey Personal Account?); I A Seizure Warrant for all funds in the corporatelbank account of TSI Holdings, LLC, at . Bank of America, Account (hereafter, Account?); and I An Order and Lis Pendens for the real property located at 3545 Sharon Road, Charlotte,-North Carolina, more particularly described in a Deed to Richard C. Siskey and wife, Diane Siskey, recorded at Mecklenburg County Deed Book 10593 Page 515-517. This description was subsequently modi?ed by a sale of Tract at Mecklenburg County Deed Book 25225 Page 798. Thus, the correct description is all'of Tracts G, H, and of PROVIDENCE CORPORATION PROPERTY as shown on a map thereof as recorded in Map Book 6 at Page 725 in the Mecklenburg County Public Registry? (hereafter, ?the Siskey Residence?). Case Document5 Filed 12/21/16 PageZof 16 4. Your Affiant has probable cause to believe that the Properties constitute, or are derived from, proceeds of mail'fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1341 and/or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and constitute property involved in one or more monetary transactions in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. Therefore, the Properties are subject to civil and criminal forfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 98l(a)(l)(C) (civil forfeiture of fraud proceeds), 28 U.S.C. 2461(c) (rendering criminal forfeiture available in any case in which civil forfeiture is also available), 18 U.S.C. 98l(a)(1)(C) (civil forfeiture of property involved in money laundering), and 18 U.S.C. 982(a)(1) (criminal forfeiture of property involved in. money laundering); and the funds in the Sisl