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Pat Dougherty’s retirement date was set, and he was feeling good. The previous year he’d invested much of his life savings into an exciting green energy project, and the mighty returns he’d been promised had begun to roll in. He dreamed of pizza in Italy, of Celtic music pulsing in an Irish pub.
Finally, after all these years, he’d have the time and means to explore, and even to spoil his children and their children, too.
Then, he said, on Dec. 1, 2022 — his scheduled last day of work — the dream began to evaporate.
The tale of a man who says he was promised big investment returns, strung along and ultimately lost his savings by trusting Chattanooga accountant Jonathan Frost is, for many, now a familiar one.