It’s outrageous that Attorney General TJ Donovan — the state government’s top lawyer — is refusing to accept a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court. Donovan knows full well that the Supreme Court’s ruling has the force of law. The court r...
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AG deliberately misinterprets public records ruling, secretary of state says
Rep. Jim Harrison, R-Chittenden, of the House Government Operations Committee, right, questions Tucker Anderson of the Office of Legislative Counsel about public records laws on Thursday. Attorney General TJ Donovan is using a “twisted int...
The decade in review
January 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of this blog and 12 years since I started writing business plans for immigrant investment. I’ve been looking back on years of work and EB-5 reporting, picking out significant milestones on the path that ...
2 Unique EB-5 Program Benefits Worth Talking About More
There are numerous EB-5 Program benefits, but two, in particular, are worth discussing in further detail. What is EB-5? EB-5 is a program that allows qualified foreign nationals to invest $900,000 in a US targeted employment area investment...
New York City Regional Center Announces Full Repayment of $228 Million to EB-5 Investors in Atlantic Yards Development Offering
Resulting job creation from offering enabled 1,331 individuals to receive permanent residency in the United States The New York City Regional Center (NYCRC) is pleased to announce the full repayment of $228 million to EB-5 investors in its ...
Developers Want Out Of EB-5 Fraud Claims Over Fla. Hotel
A group of companies behind a Miami hotel project urger a Florida federal judge Thursday to shield them from allegations that they helped scam Chinese investors and dashed their chances of winning a green card through the EB-5 visa program. Th...
Indictments, investor wins mark turning point in EB-5 scandal
Jay Peak developers Ariel Quiros, left, and Bill Stenger were indicted May 22, 2019, in federal court in Burlington. he ongoing saga of the EB-5 scandal at Jay Peak Resort is long from over, but 2019 marked a turning point in the story, whi...
Q&A with KBCF's Melissa White on EB-5 Visas
Melissa White discusses the Community Foundation’s EB-5 Visa plan The Key Biscayne Community Foundation’s Director, Melissa White, sat with Islander News and discussed a new program for the foundation. IN. What’s the new plan with EB-5 V...
EB-5 News 2020: How Long Is The Wait For A Visa?
Top EB-5 news 2020: The visa wait time is the question on every interested investor’s mind as we start off the new year. From investment to EB-5 visa, how long does it take to get EB-5 conditional permanent residency? There are sever...
Foreign donors investing billions in charter schools in return for visas
Foreign donors are investing billions of dollars in U.S. charter schools in exchange for EB-5 visas through a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. There are approximately 3 million children enrolled in c...
EB-5: Status Update
For the past 4 weeks, the EB-5 industry has been anxiously awaiting the status of the pending complaint filed in the United States District Court in the District of Columbia by a Florida regional center against USCIS and other related parties ...
A Christmas Present for the Economy
Nothing significant is going to happen this year on most issues. Both conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats support changing the status quo, yet they have radically different solutions on almost every issue. It is not a stretch to...
Political connections taint EB-5 criminal case, defense attorney says
Ariel Quiros arrives outside federal court in Burlington for his arraignment on charges pertaining to the EB-5 fraud case on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Lawyers for the developers of AnC Bio Vermont, a $110 million biomedical center in Newpor...
Lawsuit alleging kickback scheme set to be first EB-5 case to go to trial
The Hotel Jay and Conference Center at Jay Peak Resort. A lawsuit alleging a “kickback” scheme involving an attorney who brought foreign investors and their money to Jay Peak projects may be the first to make it to trial in a years-long sc...
Kingdom Con defendants want trial moved; point to news coverage
Defendants in a multimillion-dollar fraud case in Northern Vermont want a federal judge to change where their trial will be held. They claim news coverage of the EB-5 scandal has tainted the jury pool. Our Calvin Cutler was in federal court...