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Quiros fraud defenses issue settlement talks continue
Ariel Quiros at the opening of Jay Peak Resort’s Stateside Hotel in December 2013. A federal judge is facing dueling filings over what defenses Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros can raise to investor fraud allegations, though it’s still unclear ...
USCIS Ombudsman Releases Annual Report to Congress
On June 30, USCIS released its Annual Report 2017 to Congress on matters relating to its mission – “aiding applicants and sponsors applying for immigration benefits and identifying trends and ongoing problems in the administration of identifyi...
Settlement Approved In EB-5 Case
A federal judge has given final approval for a nearly $150 million settlement by the financial services firm linked to the largest fraud case in the federal EB-5 immigrant investment program’s history. Raymond James & Associates Inc. agreed...
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Work on new apartments at the Market Centre at First and Market will get underway this fall. It may not look like much has happened in the two years since a Virginia partnership announced it was converting the Market Centre to apartments, ...
Niskanen center submits comments USCIS's EB-5 capital requirements
The public interest is well served by the flexibility granted to EB-5 investors and their American partners to operate and make investment decisions within the parameters of the program. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCI...
EB-5 Florida Hotels and Investments Selects NES Financial Third-Party Administration for Palmer Lake Staybridge Suites Projects
NES Financial announced today that it has been selected by EB-5 Florida Hotels and Investments Regional Center to provide its full suite of Intelligent EB-5 Administration Solutions for a newStaybridge Suites by InterContinental Hotels Group. ...
IIUSA Sends Letter to USCIS in Response to Publishing of Regional Center I-526 and I-829 Statistics
Today, Invest in the USA, the national not-for-profit trade association of the EB-5 Regional Center industry, sent a letter to the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding Regional Center data published on its website. On or a...
Special Report: EB-5 Reforms Face Major Hurdles
In early March, the two elder statesman of the Senate Judiciary Committee ventured across the Capitol to the House of Representatives. They were there testify about the many problems with the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program, which has ...
EB-5 Investor: Raymond James $150M Settlement 'Grossly Inequitable'
The first objection has been raised to a proposed $150 million settlement with a financial services firm linked to the EB-5 immigrant investor scandal that played out in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. However, it may be too late for that inve...
'They're scared': Foreign investors nervous over GV Hospital
Many of the 110 foreign investors who provided the bulk of Green Valley Hospital's initial financing are nervous as the facility regroups in the midst of its bankruptcy proceeding. The foreign investor group, operating as Green Valley Medic...
SEC sues Chicago developer over $89 million visa funding plan
Another Chicago real estate developer who raised money through a controversial federal visa program is facing charges that he cheated overseas investors in his projects. The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against Taher...
SEC Slaps Senior Housing Developer with EB-5 Lawsuit
A development group with plans for a $500 million senior housing pipeline now is embroiled in a lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is alleging that the developer misused tens of millions of dollars raised through ...
Founder Of Eb-5 Global Ventures, Micol Mion Reaches Out With Renewed Immigration Plans
The founder of EB-5 Global Ventures, Micol Mion continues to expand her consultancy business and earn favors from thousands of investors around the world. As a parent company of EB-5 Global Ventures, Immigration Solution LLC seeks to do the sa...
SEC Says Atty Stole Part Of $89M EB-5 Investments
A Chicago-based immigration attorney was hit with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissionlawsuit Thursday accusing him of funneling some of the nearly $89 million he collected from EB-5 visa holders into his own pockets instead of using the ...