April 07, 2016
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday refused to force the receiver in a $136 million EB-5 visa fraud case to fork over $400,000 of an ensnared foreign resident's investment, saying that she'd have to wait along with the other investors.
March 18, 2016
The receiver in a $136 million EB-5 fraud case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge not to speed up the development of a mixed-use project Thursday, slamming a real estate developer's "sniping and rhetoric" and arguing that the developer underestimates the time and work required to finish it.
February 29, 2016
A Washington federal judge on Friday denied a motion by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to strike a real estate developer's bid for a jury trial in a $136 million EB-5 fraud case after finding the request was timely.
February 17, 2016
A group of investors in a real estate project targeted by a $136 million EB-5 fraud suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission urged a Washington federal judge on Tuesday not to let a receiver in the case sell the project without considering their immigration interests.
December 08, 2015
A real estate developer facing a $136 million EB-5 fraud suit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a Washington federal court to reject the agency's attempt to block his request to have the case heard by a jury, saying the agency wrongly argued that the request came too late.
November 12, 2015
A Washington federal judge overseeing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's $136 million EB-5 fraud case against a real estate developer and his affiliated companies granted trade group Invest in the USA's bid to file an amicus brief in the case Tuesday, saying its motion merited approval.
November 10, 2015
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a Washington federal court on Monday that a proposed amicus brief from a trade group associated with the EB-5 visa program is not relevant to the $136 million fraud case being heard.
October 30, 2015
Invest in the USA, a trade group associated with the EB-5 visa program, asked a Washington federal court on Thursday for permission to submit an amicus brief in a $136 million EB-5 fraud case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, saying it could highlight legal issues the court may have missed.
October 26, 2015
A Washington federal judge on Thursday granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's request for the appointment of a receiver to oversee companies involved in a $136 million case over the alleged defrauding of immigrant investors hoping to participate in the EB-5 visa program.
October 15, 2015
Nearly a dozen foreigners the SEC says were lured into investing with a Washington real estate developer on the promise that they'd receive green cards through a federal program recovered their stakes Wednesday, while the developer defends claims he diverted some of the $136 million he collected from hundreds of backers into his other interests.