December 20, 2016
A Florida federal judge Monday adopted a magistrate's recommendations to dismiss a False Claims Act suit alleging a sawmill defrauded the EB-5 immigrant investor program because the accusations were lumped into a "shotgun" complaint, but he left the whistleblower the option to refile.
December 05, 2016
A whistleblower's accusations that a Florida sawmill defrauded the EB-5 investor program shouldn't proceed because they're all lumped into a conglomerate "shotgun" complaint, a federal magistrate judge has recommended.
July 20, 2016
A lumber company asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday to toss a qui tam action alleging it submitted false claims to the EB-5 immigrant investor program, saying the former employee who filed the suit didn't work there during the alleged fraud and doesn't understand how the program works.
June 14, 2016
A lumber company has been named in a qui tam action filed in Florida federal court by a former human resources generalist who alleges that the company submits false statements to government agencies regarding job creation and EB-5 funding.