EB-5 Visa Litigation: Regulatory & Investor Actions, Court Documents & Related News
ID | Plaintiffs | Defendants | Filing Date | Jurisdiction | Status | Causes of Action | Description | Attorneys, Regional Centers & Firms | Views | Actions |
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156 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Mona Shah & Associates Global | April 24, 2024 | New York State Court | PENDING | The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Nadim Ahmed, a New York-based businessman and his companies, NuRide Transportation Group, LLC and NYC Green Transportation Group, LLC, with... Comments: 1 | 436 | Details | ||
155 | AO WANG; LING YANG; MEIFANG LI; JUNJIE ZHANG; KINGPING YIM; XUELING OUYANG | Golden California Regional Center BETHANY LIOU GCRC DIAMOND CREEK LP MONTEREY DYNASTY LLC | September 11, 2020 | California State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud | 1. This suit arises from the (i) deceitful and fraudulent actions of Defendants to cheat Plaintiffs out of EB-5 investments—totaling approximately $12 million—that Plaintiffs made with Defendants;... Documents: 1 | 2063 | Details | |
154 | FEI LIU an individual; GANGJIAN LI an individual | Golden State Regional Center KAI HAO ROBINSON BAY AREA INVESTMENT FUND II LLC a California Limited Liability Company; and DOES 1-50 inclusive | January 07, 2021 | California State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud Obstruction of Justice | Plaintiffs are part of a group of Chinese nationals who, in or around 2015, each paid $550,000 to Defendants Robinson and Golden State Regional Center to obtain membership interests in... Documents: 1 | 1626 | Details | |
153 | ESHWAR RAJU | KENNETH T. CUCCINELLI | August 14, 2020 | California State Court | PENDING | Due process violations | A. USCIS’s Motion to Dismiss The APA permits federal courts to compel agency action “unlawfully withheld or unreasonably delayed.” 5 U.S.C. § 706(1). Whether agency action is unreasonably delayed... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 1893 | Details | |
152 | United State Of America | Jianjun Qiao Shilan Zhao | July 02, 2014 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud Misrepresentation | In 2015, Zhao and Qiao, who are both now 53, were charged in a federal grand jury indictment with "conspiracy to commit immigration fraud and international transport of stolen funds, as well as... Documents: 1Posts: 12 | 1735 | Details | |
151 | SECURITIES DEPARTMENT STATE OF ILLINOIS | Patrick Hogan CMB Export | December 27, 2019 | Illinois State Court | RESOLVED | Failure to Register as Dealer Failure to Register as Investment Advisor Failure to Register as Investment Company Securities Violations | WHEREAS, Patrick Hogan and CMB Export, LLC ("Respondents") on December 27, 2019, executed a certain Stipulation to enter into a Consent Order Of Prohibition (''Stipulation"), which hereby is... Documents: 1 | 2119 | Details | |
150 | Teresa Chiu and Daniel Hsieh | United Venture Regional Center, LLC United Venture Regional Center JOE WU GLORIA WU SUNRISE INN FOOD PLAZA LP | April 30, 2020 | California State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract Fraud Misrepresentation Negligence | Teresa Chiu and Daniel Hsieh, a married couple from Ontario, invested $500,000 with a Santa Clara County couple ostensibly putting together a development project under the EB-5 program, their suit... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 1741 | Details | |
149 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Golden California Regional Center | November 04, 2019 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | The EB-5 program, created by the U.S. Congress in 1990, offers EB-5 visas to foreign individuals who invest $500,000 in a new enterprise located in a rural area or an area of high development. On... Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 1910 | Details | |
148 | Florida EB5 Investments Regional Center | Chad Wolf Kenneth T. Cuccinelli Edie Pearson | November 26, 2019 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Breach of Contract | COMPLAINT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT Plaintiff Florida EB5 Investments, LLC (“EB5 Investments”) seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against Defendants, the Acting Secretary of the Department of... Documents: 5Posts: 5 | 2462 | Details | |
147 | Yi Liu Zhongzao Shi Jie Yang Shunli Shao Sheng Fang Kaiyuan Wu Zhijian Wu Yuquan Ni Li Fang Yuwei Dong Qi Qin Zhingwei Li and Jun Li | Colorado Regional Center Peter Knobel Colorado Regional Center Project Solaris LLLP and Solaris Property Owner LLC | August 28, 2019 | Federal District Court for the District of Colorado | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing | 13 Chinese investors who put their money into the $375 million Solaris project in Vail claim they’ve been defrauded and are suing the developer, Peter Knobel, and his Colorado... Documents: 1Posts: 4 | 1889 | Details | |
146 | Chinese Investors | Golden California Regional Center Bethany Liou Cupertino Fund | May 22, 2019 | California State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of fiduciary duty Declaratory Judgment Fraud Misrepresentation | Dozens of Chinese citizens who handed over more than a half-million dollars each to a Santa Clara County businesswoman as investments that would qualify them for green cards under a controversial... Documents: 1Posts: 8 | 2460 | Details | |
145 | Lela Goren | Extell New York Regional Center Gary Barnett | October 24, 2018 | Delaware State Court | PENDING | Negligence | Lela Goren seeks relief in the form of an order compelling the Extell New York Regional Center to make available to the Plaintiff, for inspection and copying, books and records as demanded by... Documents: 1Comments: 1 | 2794 | Details | |
144 | United States of America | Ariel Quiros Bill Stenger William Kelly Jong Weon Chois aka Alex Choi | May 21, 2019 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Fraud Misrepresentation | A federal grand jury has criminally charged former Jay Peak developers Bill Stenger and Ariel Quiros in a 14-count indictment. Federal prosecutors allege Quiros, Stenger and two other... Documents: 1Posts: 75 | 2405 | Details | |
143 | Lela Goren | Gary Barnett | May 31, 2019 | New York State Court | PENDING | Breach of fiduciary duty Conversion Fraud Unjust Enrichment | A summons filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court by developer Lela Goren claims that Barnett and the Extell New York Regional Center breached their fiduciary duty and engaged in fraud. Until... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2735 | Details | |
142 | Chinese investors | Las Vegas Economic Impact Regional Center Weidner Management LLC Eastern Investments LLC David Jacoby William Weidner BOFU LLC Sahara Investments LLC and Andrew S. Fonfa | February 06, 2019 | Federal District Court for the District of Nevada | PENDING | Fraud | Developers and former managers of Asian-themed Lucky Dragon casino-hotel that was built, open for a year, closed and recently sold in Las Vegas are now facing investor lawsuits.... Posts: 3 | 2162 | Details | |
141 | Michael I. Goldberg | Ariel Quiros Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP and David B. Gordon | May 08, 2019 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud Misrepresentation Securities Violations | Jay Peak receiver Michael Goldberg has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Receivership Entities (the many Jay Peak-related developments) alleging legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty... Posts: 75 | 2070 | Details | |
140 | Douglas Litowitz | U.S. Immigration Fund, LLC Richard Haddad William Moran Mark Gerasi | April 29, 2019 | Other | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Defendants published false and defamatory statements about Litowitz in a document which they filed in the Northern District of Illinois in he case of Makhsous V. Mastroianni et al. Those... Documents: 1 | 1952 | Details | |
139 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | San Francisco Regional Center Tom Henderson California Gold Medal Callsocket II LP Callsocket III LP Comprehensive Care of California LLC Immedia LLC North America 3PL | July 01, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of California | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract Fraud Malpractice Misrepresentation Negligence | The Securities and Exchange Commission announced fraud charges against an Oakland, Calif.-based businessman accused of misusing money he raised from investors through the EB-5 immigrant investor... Documents: 1Posts: 3 | 2719 | Details | |
138 | TINGZI WANG | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | January 31, 2019 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract | Plaintiff Tingzi Wang, a Chinese national, sought a visa for entry into the United States through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, which grants legal resident status to qualified foreign... Documents: 1 | 2066 | Details | |
137 | Zoe Ma | Nicholas Mastroianni II U.S. Immigration Fund - NY Qiao Wai USIF LLC TSQ 1000 Funding LLC TSQ 1000 Funding GP LLC Broadway Funding 100 NYC 2000 Investment LLC Capital 600 Investments LLC | February 19, 2019 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | PENDING | Fraud Malpractice Misrepresentation RICO (Racketeering Act) Securities Violations | Documents: 2 Posts: 2 Comments: 6 | 3981 | Details | |
136 | Lan Li Ying Tan & Others | PNC Bank and Ruben Ramirez | March 01, 2019 | Florida State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract | PNC Bank and a Boynton Beach vice president are the latest to be pulled into litigation alleging EB-5 investment fraud on an unfinished Palm Beach project. The Pittsburgh-based bank eased... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2145 | Details | |
135 | Jinhong Wang Zuoyang Wang Jianfa Xie Pingning Guo Tao Zhang Ye Tian Lie Lin Xia Cao Lin Ma Tong Wang Pengxiang Ni Chunyan Xu Rui Wang yi Liu Yuesheng Qin jianfeng Huang | The Bancorp Bank Las Olas Mezzanine Borrower LLC Ray Parello Ken Bernstein Jack Kessler Eugene Kessler and Las Olas Ocean Resort Partners LP | February 07, 2019 | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | PENDING | Due process violations Fraud Malpractice Misrepresentation Securities Violations | Foreign investors who claim they were duped into putting $12 million into a Fort Lauderdale hotel project in exchange for green cards again are suing to reclaim their funds, this time in... Documents: 2Posts: 1 | 2207 | Details | |
134 | A&J CAPITAL INC. | LAW OFFICE OF KRUG LA METROPOLIS CONDO I LLC a Delaware limited liability company | October 30, 2018 | Other | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract Declaratory Judgment | FOR CAUSE REMOVAL MUST BE FOR CAUSE In A&J Capital, Inc. v. Law Office of Krug, Civil Action No. 2018-0240-JRS (Del. Ch. January 29, 2019), the Delaware Court of Chancery granted an LLC... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2039 | Details | |
133 | Ying Yao | Carillon Tower/Chicago LP; Forefront EB-5 Fund (ICT) LLC; Symmetry Property Development II LLC; Fordham Real Estate LLC; And Jeffrey L. Laytin | February 02, 2019 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Nearly two years after a proposed Gold Coast hotel/condominium was not given city approval to proceed, an attorney for a group of 90 Chinese investors has filed a motion in United States District... Documents: 1Posts: 10 Comments: 3 | 2997 | Details | |
132 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Crown Point Regional Center AMERICA MODERN GREEN SENIOR (HOUSTON) LLC AMERICA MODERN GREEN COMMUNITY (HOUSTON) LLC and AMERICA MODERN GREEN RESIDENTIAL (HOUSTON) LLC | December 12, 2018 | Securities & Exchange Commission | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud Misrepresentation Negligence Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate that ceaseand-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“... Documents: 2Posts: 4 | 1916 | Details | |
131 | YING LIU HUI LUO WEI QIANG LINYU WANG YIREN SUN WENBIN XU TAO XUE and XIAOYAN ZENG | ADC Downey LP and ADC Downey GP LLC | November 20, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Plaintiffs are nine Chinese foreign investors who participated in the U.S. Government’s EB-5 investor immigration program (“EB-5 Program”) to obtain lawful permanent resident status in... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2700 | Details | |
130 | U.S. Immigration Fund - NY | Douglas Litowitz | April 10, 2018 | New York State Court | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract | Plaintiffs U.S. Immigration Fund LLC, U.S. Immigration Fund-NY LLC, 701 TSQ 1000 Funding, LLC, 701 TSQ 1000 Funding GP, LLC, by and through their attorneys, Otterbourg P.C., as and for their... Documents: 54Posts: 1 | 4712 | Details | |
128 | Chinese Investors - limited partners of Harbourside Funding LP | U.S. Immigration Fund, LLC Florida Regional Center Nicholas Mastroianni II HARBOURSIDE FUNDING LP HARBOURSIDE FUNDING GP LLC ALLIED CAPITAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH FLORIDA LLC RICHARD YELLEN R. BOWEN GILLESPIE | October 11, 2018 | Florida State Court | PENDING | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making Breach of Contract Breach of Covenant of Good Faith & Fair Dealing Fraud Negligence | Seventy-eight Chinese investors have filed a complaint against Nicholas Mastroianni II, alleging the Jupiter developer and EB-5 fundraiser attempted to defraud them of almost $100 million in EB-5... Documents: 1Posts: 12 Comments: 2 | 3329 | Details | |
127 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | CMB Export Patrick Hogan 37 CMB Group affiliated limited partnerships | September 21, 2018 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | According to the SEC’s order, from 2011 to 2015, 37 entities affiliated with CMB Export LLC offered EB-5 securities in the form of limited partnership interests without registering them with... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 3374 | Details | |
126 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Jason Lee Law Offices of Jason J. Lee & Associates, ALC | May 10, 2018 | Securities & Exchange Commission | PENDING | Fraud Malpractice Securities Violations | I. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate that ceaseand-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934... Documents: 1Comments: 3 | 3248 | Details | |
125 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | South Atlantic Regional Center (SARC) Joseph J. Walsh United States Regional Economic Development Authority (USREDA) Palm House Hotel LLLP Robert V. Matthews 160 Royal Palm LLC
| August 03, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud Misrepresentation Negligence Securities Violations | Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission alleges: INTRODUCTION 1. The Commission brings this action against Palm House Hotel LLLP ("PHH"), South Atlantic Regional Center, LLC ("SARC"), Joseph... Documents: 1Posts: 6 | 4154 | Details | |
124 | Chinese investors Kewu Zhan | Patrick Hogan CMB Export CMB Illinois Regional Center NK Immigration Services LLC | July 11, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois | RESOLVED | Fraud Misrepresentation Securities Violations | COMPLAINT FOR RESCISSION Plaintiff is a Chinese citizen who is a limited partner in a fund that is sponsored, managed and... Documents: 5Posts: 2 Comments: 2 | 9724 | Details | |
123 | Chinese investors | U.S. Department of State United States of America MICHAEL R. POMPEO EDWARD J. RAMOTOWSKI UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | July 25, 2018 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Denial of petition | The complaint alleges the following : PARTIES Plaintiff Feng WANG (“Mr. Feng Wang”) is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China (“China”). Mr. Feng Wang invested $500,000 in an EB-5... Documents: 2Posts: 6 | 3237 | Details | |
122 | Chinese investors Jinhong Wang Zuoyang Wang Jianfa Xie Pingning Guo Tao Zhang Ye Tian Lie Lin Xia Cao Lin Ma Tong Wang Pengxiang Ni Chunyan Xu Rui Wang yi Liu Yuesheng Qin jianfeng Huang | The Bancorp Bank Las Olas Mezzanine Borrower LLC Ray Parello Ken Bernstein Jack Kessler Eugene Kessler and Ocean Hotel Lender LLC | July 16, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Breach of Contract | The EB-5 creditors bring this adversary proceeding to recover money damages against the parent company of the Debtor, Mezzanine Borrower, and the principals of Mezzanine Borrower, Parello,... Documents: 1Posts: 10 | 2563 | Details | |
121 | Chinese investors Wei Wang Guangyi Xiong Xiaofeng Feng | SHENLAW, LLC Darren Silver Darren Silver & Associates, LLP Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP Ting Geng, Esq. The Law Offices of Geng & Zhang PLLC Leslie I. Snyder, P.A. Ruben Flores The Flores Group Cheng Yun & Associates, PLLC Dai & Associates, P.C. Shen Jianming Nguyen Huan Yun Cheng | June 22, 2018 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud Unjust Enrichment | Important Note: the plantiffs have filed this request to amend the original complaint (Case #101) to include these named defendants but the judge has not yet ruled on this request. A.... Documents: 2Posts: 7 | 3060 | Details | |
120 | Chinese investors Investors | U.S. Immigration Fund - NY Nicholas Mastroianni III 701 TSQ 1000 FUNDING GP LLC 701 TSQ 1000 FUNDING LLC | July 09, 2018 | New York State Court | PENDING | Conversion | In a petition filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, investors (petitioners) pushed to stop the U.S. Immigration Fund (USIF), 701 TSQ 1000 Funding GP, LLC, and their principal, Nicholas Mastroianni... Documents: 3Posts: 13 | 4440 | Details | |
119 | SANDRA CASON et al. | Edward Carroll Carroll & Associates, PC Mark Scribner, Esq. | February 08, 2018 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Breach of Contract Breach of fiduciary duty Negligence | A group of Jay Peak investors is suing two Vermont lawyers, contending the attorneys had a conflict of interest. Edward Carroll and Mark Scribner, formerly of Carroll & Scribner, represented... Documents: 3Posts: 1 | 2853 | Details | |
118 | 8th Bridge | Moses Choi Southeast Regional Center | April 25, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract | A Downtown Los Angeles EB-5 investment firm has fired back at allegations from a former business partner that it cut him out of business profits involving a project at the Ace Hotel in New York.... Documents: 6Posts: 1 | 3154 | Details | |
117 | Wailian Visa | New York City Regional Center | February 09, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Western District of New York | PENDING | Breach of Contract | NYCRC contends that, though it received all of the benefits of Wailian’s performance under the parties’ agreements, NYCRC need not payWailian the nearly $9 million it earned under those... Documents: 6Posts: 1 Comments: 1 | 4546 | Details | |
116 | Taiwanese investors Yu-Ching Chang Sarah Hsin Cheng Shih-Ting Fang Tzu-Yin Lin Yung-Ching Lin Yu-Shun Lin Chi-Yu Liu Tuo-Jung Tseng Yu-Chi Wu Wen-Guh Yang | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristjen Neilsen L.Francis Cissna Nicholas Colucci | March 22, 2018 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Denial of petition | Ten Taiwanese investors who poured millions of dollars into a real estate development project in Florida sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in D.C. federal court, alleging the... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2944 | Details | |
115 | Chinese investors Tian Li Yan Sheng Yang Jun Jie Zeng | California Investment Immigration Fund (CIIF) Victoria Chan Tat Chan Zheng Chan Zeng Fang | March 01, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Fraud Malpractice Misrepresentation Securities Violations | A trio of Chinese investors is suing a California family - attorney Victoria Chan, her father Tat Chan, and mother Zheng Chan, along with Zeng Fang, who ran an entity called the California... Posts: 5 | 3878 | Details | |
114 | LA Metropolis Condo I LLC | James Krug Greenland USA | March 13, 2018 | California State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract Fraud | The plaintiff, LA Metropolis Condo I LLC, claims James Krug convinced EB-5 investors and financial services firm A&J Capital that he had taken over management of the program at the Downtown... Documents: 2Posts: 4 | 3875 | Details | |
113 | United States of America | Isaac Benjamin Voss | December 13, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Oregon | PENDING | Fraud | Beginning not later than 2011 and continuing until at least May 2015, defendant ISAAC BENJAMIN VOSS ("VOSS"), in the District of Oregon and elsewhere, defrauded investors out of approximately $3... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 4053 | Details | |
112 | United States of America | Leslie R Evans Robert V. Matthews | March 14, 2018 | Federal District Court for the District of Connecticut | PENDING | Fraud | Palm Beach developer Robert Matthews and real estate attorney Leslie R. Evans have been charged with fraud for their involvement in a real estate scam that swindled $50 million from about 50... Documents: 1Posts: 4 Comments: 1 | 6156 | Details | |
111 | Greystone EB-5 Holdings Corp The Bassuk Organization INC GS EB5 VI LLC | Criterion Group LLC Shibber A Khan Efim Kogan Yung Ching Siu David Lubinitsky 11-12 30th Drive LLC | March 06, 2018 | New York State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Plaintiffs are compelled to bring this action because Defendants have breached their contractual obligations, circumvented and undermined their agreements with Plaintiffs and induced Plaintiffs to... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 3573 | Details | |
110 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Edwin Shaw LLC | March 05, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York | PENDING | Breach of Contract | The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate and in the public interest that public administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 2570 | Details | |
109 | The Bancorp Bank | 550 Seabreeze Development LLC and JAWOF 515 Seabreeze LLC | January 25, 2018 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Las Olas Ocean Resort, a hotel project on Fort Lauderdale beach that attracted funds from hopeful Chinese immigrants through the EB-5 visa program, has been targeted for foreclosure. The Bancorp... Documents: 18Posts: 20 | 8451 | Details | |
108 | Chinese investors Shuting Kang | Sophie Harrison Shengrun International Industry Group Inc. and SINO-USA Entrepreneur Association Inc. | May 25, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of California | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract | Kang is a “Chinese investor who is seeking a legal path to U.S. residency.” She alleges that Defendants Sophie Harrison, Shengrun International Industry Group, Inc., Sino-USA Entrepreneur... Documents: 2Posts: 2 | 2730 | Details | |
107 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Allen Chi | August 21, 2017 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate that ceaseand-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 2922 | Details | |
106 | Southeast Regional Center Moses Choi | 8th Bridge Capital Inc. | December 22, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract Fraud | This action arises from disputes between members of a joint venture involved in the business of marketing federally-approved EB-5 projects to potential immigrant investors, primarily in Asia. As... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 4000 | Details | |
105 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Steve Qi Law Offices of Steve Qi & Associates | December 08, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Fraud | The SEC claims Defendant Steve Qi (“Qi”) and his law firm, Law Offices of Steve Qi & Associates, A Professional Corporation (“Law Offices of Qi”) received transaction based compensation for... Documents: 4Posts: 2 | 3965 | Details | |
104 | Chinese investors | AMERICAN DREAM FUND - Las Vegas Regional Center Henry Global Consulting Group Stockbridge Investment Company, LLC Evans, Carroll & Associates, Inc. | November 30, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Fraud | Sixty Chinese nationals who invested in the SLS Hotel & Casino Las Vegas are suing the casino resort, claiming that none of the promises made to them during its development phase materialized.... Documents: 1Posts: 10 Comments: 1 | 6462 | Details | |
103 | Chinese investors | Gulf Coast Funds Management Terry Mcauliffe Anthony Rodham GreenTech Automotive | November 22, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Virginia | PENDING | Fraud | Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham are facing a $17 million fraud lawsuit from Chinese investors in Greentech... Documents: 1Posts: 17 | 4673 | Details | |
102 | State of Mississippi | Gulf Coast Funds Management Greentech Automotive | November 07, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | PENDING | Fraud | Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham are facing a $17 million fraud lawsuit from Chinese investors in Greentech... Documents: 1Posts: 17 | 2969 | Details | |
101 | Chinese investors Investors from the United Kingdom Antony Sutton Wei Wang Xiaofeng Feng Guangyi Xiong and Robert Connors | Vermont EB5 Regional Center Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development RC Brent Raymond State of Vermont Department of Financial Regulation
| September 22, 2017 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Fraud | Plaintiffs on behalf of them and others file a class action lawsuit against the Vermont Regional Center and others Documents: 8Posts: 7 | 3701 | Details | |
100 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Home Paradise Regional Center Edward Chen Jean Chen GH Investment GH Design Group
| September 20, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract | This matter concerns two fraudulent securities offerings carried out by 18 Edward Chen, his wife, Jean Chen, and several entities they control. In doing so, 19 they have misappropriated millions... Documents: 1Posts: 4 | 3304 | Details | |
99 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | RONALD VAN DEN HEUVEL GREEN BOX NA DETROIT LLC | September 19, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | PENDING | Breach of Contract | This case involves misrepresentations and the misappropriation of millions of dollars of investor funds by defendant Ronald Van Den Heuvel. He took advantage of investors who believed that they... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 2457 | Details | |
98 | Shoumin Zhang | American Franchise Regional Center Americana One LLC Emax Escrow Inc. John Deyong Hu Hu & Associates LLC Sidney Wang and Agnes Yen | November 12, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Pursuant to the Joint Stipulation of the parties, and good cause being shown thereby, it is hereby ORDERED that Counter-claimant Hu & Associates, LLC’s Shoumin Zhang v. American Franchise... Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 2616 | Details | |
97 | Tentexkota LLC Deadwood Investments Marc Oswald Dale Morris Timothy Conrad Michael Gustafson etc . | Joop Bollen South Dakota International Business Institute (SDIBI) South Dakota Regional Center Inc. | November 08, 2016 | South Dakota State Court | PENDING | Securities Violations | A company that provided financing for a Deadwood hotel and casino through South Dakota's embattled investment-for-visa program is trying to recover $32.5 million loaned to a group of developers... Documents: 2Posts: 9 | South Dakota Regional Center Inc. | 3773 | Details |
96 | Chinese investors Wei Wang Guangyi Xiong and Xiaofeng Feng | SHENLAW, LLC Jianming Shen | August 11, 2017 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud | Wei Wang, Guangyi Xiong and Xiaofeng Feng are making various claims, including malpractice and breach of contract, by attorney Jianming Shen and the Shen Law firm, records in U.S. District Court... Documents: 1Posts: 11 | 2956 | Details | |
95 | Felipe Accioly Vieira | Anthony Korda The Korda Law Firm | August 25, 2017 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Breach of fiduciary duty Fraud | Vieira’s lawsuit maintains Anthony Korda was never licensed to practice law in either Florida or Vermont. The Korda Law firm website says he is admitted to practice law in California and also... Documents: 1Posts: 3 | 3489 | Details | |
94 | Liza Praman | David J. Hart, P.A Astor EB-5 LLC | August 04, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Defendants admit that Plaintiff purports to bring this action under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Defendants deny that Plaintiff is entitled to any of the relief requested in the Complaint.... Documents: 5Posts: 1 | 2676 | Details | |
93 | Golden Gate Global EB-5 Investment Fund Ying Wen Hong Chang Yishui Tang | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Elaine Duke James McCament and Nicholas Colucci | August 07, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Pursuant to the request of the parties and Local Rule 7-2, this matter is referred to a settlement conference to be scheduled by, and conducted before, Chief Magistrate Judge Spero at the earliest... | 2985 | Details | |
92 | American Logistics International, LLC | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Department of Homeland Jeh Johnson Leon Rodriguez Kathy Baran Nicolas Colucci | May 04, 2015 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Denial of petition | American Logistics International LLC filed suit in D.C. federal court against the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that the agency has capriciously chosen to deny EB-5 investor visas to... Documents: 1Posts: 4 Comments: 1 | 2932 | Details | |
91 | George L. Olsen, Esq. Empire Gateway LLC | SANDRA DYCHE | June 30, 2017 | New York State Court | PENDING | Fraud | Plaintiffs, George L. Olsen ("Olsen") and Empire Gateway, LLC ("Empire"), by theirattorneys, Heller, Horowitz & Feit, P.C. as and for their Complaint against defendant SandraDyche. On or about... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 3908 | Details | |
90 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Taher Kameli Chicagoland Foreign Investment Group (CFIG) Regional Center AMERICAN ENTERPRISE PIONEERS | June 22, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | PENDING | Fraud | Through the activities alleged in this Complaint, the Defendants, directly or indirectly, have engaged in transactions, acts, practices or courses of business which constitute violations of... Documents: 4Posts: 14 | 4491 | Details | |
89 | Chinese investors Chen Dongwu | New York City Regional Center | May 05, 2017 | New York State Court | PENDING | Fraud | Plaintiffs are unsophisticated Chinese nationals, most of whom neither speak nor read English. They sought out the American dream -- the opportunity for them and their family to live, go to school... Documents: 15Posts: 3 Comments: 1 | 5349 | Details | |
88 | LION’S PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC | New York City Regional Center Gregg D. Hayden NEW YORK CITY REGIONAL CENTER LLC HOCHE PARTNERS CAPITAL LLC | April 08, 2011 | New York State Court | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Lion's Property brings this action to recover the compensation to which it is entitled under a Referral Agreement between it and Defendant NYCRC, and to compensate it for the damages created by... Documents: 1Posts: 3 | 3244 | Details | |
87 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Idaho State Regional Center SEROFIM MUROFF BLACKHAWK MANAGER LLC ISR CAPITAL LLC EQUITY RECAP ACCOUNT LLC and DEBRA L. RIDDLE | April 28, 2017 | Federal District Court for the District of Idaho | PENDING | Fraud | Although Muroff invested some of the money raised through the Funds for the purposes described in the offering materials—a real estate development and gold mining ventures—Muroff, through... Documents: 1Posts: 4 | 2512 | Details | |
86 | Federal Bureau of Investigation | California Investment Immigration Fund (CIIF) Victoria Chan Tat Chan | April 07, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Fraud | Starting in or about 2008 and continuing to the present, Victoria Chan ("Victoria"), California attorney, and her father Tat Chan ("TAT"), a foreign national, have defrauded the United States by... Documents: 7Posts: 33 | 4878 | Details | |
85 | FL-9-14 Fund LLC | George Heaton Centermall LLC Lee W. Heaton Linn D. Heaton Joseph Grossman Stavros J. Laliotos Florida Care Centers of Tampa Inc. Ultimate Medical Acadamy LLC | January 29, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | George Heaton, Deborah Dentry Baggett and Eric Granitur did willfully, that is, with the intent to further the object of the conspiracy, and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate and agree with... Documents: 1 | 2551 | Details | |
84 | U.S. Department of Justice United States of America | George Heaton Deborah Dentry Baggett and Eric Granitur | February 28, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | George Heaton, Deborah Dentry Baggett and Eric Granitur did willfully, that is, with the intent to further the object of the conspiracy, and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate and agree with... Documents: 1Posts: 3 | 4351 | Details | |
83 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Andy Chen Aero Space Port International Group (ASPI Group) Regional Center | March 15, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington | PENDING | Fraud Misrepresentation | Defendants Andy Shin Fong Chen (“Chen”) and Aero Space Port International Group, Inc. (“ASPI”) (collectively, “Defendants”) fraudulently raised over $14.5 million from investors in exchange for... Documents: 2Posts: 3 | 5468 | Details | |
82 | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | Jane Doe | February 28, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Plaintiff, Jane Doe, filed a 13-count complaint, challenging the United States Immigration and Citizenship Service (“USCIS”) decision denying her I-526 petition to obtain an EB-5 immigrant investor... Documents: 1 | 2331 | Details | |
81 | Chinese investors JIAXI HU MENGFANG LI XIAOYAN WU WEI REN RUIMIN CHEN JIANLI DU JIMEI ZHANG ZHENPING HAO JIE CIU AND GUIYING WANG | Midwest EB-5 Regional Center TERRY CHAN GARY CHAN MARTIN ANGIULLI ANGIULLI INC. KENTUCKY REGIONAL CENTER LLC D/B/A SV ARX LLC DANTE BELLA LLC AND JEFFREY JACOBS | February 15, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | PENDING | Fraud Misrepresentation | This is an action that Plaintiffs assert against Defendants for breach of contract, unjust enrichment/quantum meruit, gross negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, fraud, conspiracy,... Documents: 2Posts: 1 | 3900 | Details | |
80 | CMB Regional Centers CMB Export | Maple Street Investors LLC Stuart Lichter | January 25, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | PENDING | Fraud | In a federal lawsuit, an investment group accuses Maple Street Investors of misusing $25 million loaned to North Canton's Hoover District project. Maple Street denies those claims. Documents: 4Posts: 3 | 5388 | Details | |
75 | Alan Young | San Francisco Regional Center Tom Henderson | January 18, 2017 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of California | PENDING | Fraud | Plaintiff Alan Young (“Young”) filed a motion to remand this action back to the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Alameda. Plaintiff asked that the Motion be heard... Documents: 1Posts: 11 | 3390 | Details | |
74 | United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Raj Doobay | August 25, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | From in or about March 2009, through in or about December 2015, in Hamilton County, Columbia County and Orange County, in the Middle District of Florida, and elsewhere,KARAMCHAND DOOBAY, a/k/a... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 5044 | Details | |
73 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | AJN Investments LLC and Jason Adam Ogden | December 28, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Instead, Ogden used investor funds for various undisclosed purposes, including funding lawsuit settlements and loans unrelated to AJN, paying management fees to Seekem, Inc. (the Ogden-controlled... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 2608 | Details | |
72 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Emilio N.Francisco PDC Capital Group CAFFE PRIMO INTERNATIONAL INC. | December 27, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Defendant Emilio Francisco and his company Defendant PDC Capital Group, LLC, have engaged in an ongoing fraudulent scheme to defraud at least 131 investors in 19 different offerings out of at... Documents: 1Posts: 10 | 3043 | Details | |
71 | Chinese investors Peihua WANG | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Jeh Charles Johnson Leon RODRIGUEZ Nicholas COLUCCI Julia HARRISON | December 15, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Negligence | This action seeks to remedy the unreasonable and unjustifiable delay by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS” or “the agency”) in adjudicating the Form I-526, “Immigrant Petition... Documents: 1 | 2361 | Details | |
70 | RAMSEY PIMENTEL | David J. Hart, P.A South Florida Investment Regional Center (SFIRC) ASTOR EB-5 LLC | December 09, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Breach of Contract | Plaintiff RAMSEY PIMENTEL, and other similarly situated individuals, by and through the undersigned counsel, hereby sues Defendants, ASTOR EB-5 LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, d/b/a... Documents: 1Posts: 4 | 3674 | Details | |
69 | Live in America – New York Regional Center | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | November 11, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York | PENDING | Securities Violations | Plaintiff, Live in America – New York Regional Center LLC (“the “Regional Center” or “LIANYRC”), is a U.S. company, previously designated as an approved regional center by the United States... Documents: 1 | 2724 | Details | |
68 | Chinese investors LAN LI YING TAN TAO XIONG JUNQIANG FENG RAN CHEN XIANG SHU HAO LOU XIANG CHUNHUA et al. | South Atlantic Regional Center (SARC) United States Regional Economic Development Authority (USREDA) Joseph J. Walsh Kevin Wright Herischi & Associates David Derrico Ali Herischi JOSEPH WALSH JR. LLC JJW CONSULTANCY LTD. ROBERT MATTHEWS MARIA A/K/A MIA MATTHEWS GERRY MATTHEWS RYAN BLACK PALM HOUSE LLC et al. | November 14, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | Plaintiffs are the victims of a $50,000,000 fraud, theft, and conspiracy, in which a web of individuals, primarily based in Palm Beach County, Florida, preyed on foreign nationals desirous of... Documents: 5Posts: 13 | 6214 | Details | |
67 | Chinese investors Mirror Lake Village LLC Yanxue Deng Hui Ge Lei Hu Ge Li Zhichun Li Ying Su Yue Wang | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Jeh Charles Johnson Leon Rodriguez Nicholas Colucci | September 30, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Declaratory Judgment | This action is brought against the Defendants for declaratory judgment and review of an agency action under the Administrative Procedures Act based on the Defendants' unlawful denial of the I-526... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 3031 | Details | |
66 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | THOMAS T. M. HO | August 24, 2016 | Securities & Exchange Commission | PENDING | Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2402 | Details | |
65 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Mark Ivener Ivener & Fullmer | August 24, 2016 | Securities & Exchange Commission | PENDING | Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2612 | Details | |
64 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Martin J. Lawler | August 24, 2016 | Securities & Exchange Commission | PENDING | Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant to 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 3257 | Details | |
63 | David Finkelstein | Nicholas Mastroianni II Allied Capital and Development of South Florida LLC U.S. Immigration Fund - NY | January 26, 2015 | Florida State Court | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract | Nicholas Mastroianni II, chief executive of Allied Capital and Development of South Florida and the public face of Harbourside, is in a legal war with a lesser-known figure: David Finkelstein,... Documents: 2Posts: 5 | 3919 | Details | |
62 | United States of America ex rel. Emma Tirella | KLAUSNER LUMBER ONE LLC | March 02, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | This is an action by qui tam Realtor Emma Tirella, on behalf of the United States of America, against Defendant KLAUSNER LUMBER ONE, LLC ("KL1"), to recover penalties and damages arising from... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 3836 | Details | |
61 | LIGTT Regional Center | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services LEÓN RODRIGUEZ in his official capacity As Director of USCIS; JILL A. EGGLESTON in her official capacity as Director of FOIA Operations of USCIS | July 15, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Missouri | PENDING | Retaliation | As part of LIGTT’s petition for designation as a Regional Center, USCIS required LIGTT to submit various documents regarding its business and project plans, as well as various transactional... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2568 | Details | |
60 | Mario Khan | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Nicholas Colucci | June 14, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | RESOLVED | Due process violations | This action is brought to remedy the unlawful, unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious delay by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS” or “the agency”) in adjudicating the Form... Documents: 1 | 2503 | Details | |
59 | Urban Equality Now | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson Leon Rodriguez | May 24, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas | RESOLVED | Fraud | The plaintiff in this immigration case, Urban Equality NOW seeks mandamus, declaratory, and injunctive relief from the Court based on broad challenges it makes to Defendants’ administration and... Documents: 6Posts: 2 | 2406 | Details | |
58 | John Does | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | May 05, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Action exceeding statutory authority Denial of petition | Plaintiffs’ opposition relies on the application of a much higher standard of review than is permitted under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) and seeks an improper limit on agency... Documents: 1Posts: 3 | 2315 | Details | |
56 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | American Life, Inc. | June 13, 2016 | Washington State Court | RESOLVED | Fraud | At various times, certain U.S. immigration attorneys and others (collectively “EB- 5 Agents”) performed activities necessary to effectuate transactions in American Life’s EB-5 securities,... Documents: 2Posts: 5 | 4027 | Details | |
55 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Pacific Proton Therapy Regional Center CHARLES C. LIU; XIN WANG a/k/a LISA WANG; BEVERLY PROTON CENTER LLC f/k/a LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROTON THERAPY LLC | May 26, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | PENDING | Fraud | This case involves an ongoing fraudulent scheme perpetrated by defendant Charles C. Liu (“Liu”) and his wife, defendant Xin Wang, a/k/a Lisa Wang (“Wang”), to defraud Chinese investors in the... Documents: 7Posts: 26 | 6769 | Details | |
54 | MICHAEL I. GOLDBERG | The AM Wealth Management Group of Raymond James Ariel Quiros Joel Burstein RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC. d/b/a RAYMOND JAMES RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC. | May 20, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | The Receiver brings this action1 in his capacity as Receiver for the Receivership Entities to recover amounts stolen from the Receivership Entities and misused by Quiros, owner of Q Resorts, and... Documents: 1Posts: 174 | 4301 | Details | |
53 | JAMES B. SHAW JOHANNES EIJMBERTS and LORNE MORRIS Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated | The AM Wealth Management Group of Raymond James Bill Stenger Joel Burstein Ariel Quiros PEOPLE'S UNITED FINANCIAL INC. PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK FRANK AMIGO | May 17, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Vermont | PENDING | Breach of Contract Fraud | Plaintiffs James B. Shaw, Johannes Eijmberts and Lome Morris ("Plaintiffs"), individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, allege the following against Raymond James Financial,... Documents: 1Posts: 162 | 3431 | Details | |
52 | Advantage America New York Regional Center Saltanat Kamaliyeva Suk-Woo Yoon Jeong-Woon Song Ram Bhagat Poonia and Siddarth Ramesh Cidamb | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Jeh Johnson Leon Rodriguez Nicholas Colucci | April 12, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York | PENDING | Breach of Contract | COMPLAINT against Nicholas Colucci, Jeh Johnson, Leon Rodriguez, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Filing Fee $ 400.00, Receipt Number 0208- 12176120)Document filed by Siddarth Ramesh... Documents: 2 | 3097 | Details | |
50 | CARLOS ENRIQUE HILLER SANCHEZ | Joel Burstein The AM Wealth Management Group of Raymond James RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC. d/b/a RAYMOND JAMES RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC. | May 09, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | By this action, Mr. Hiller seeks to impose liability under federal securities law and state common law upon the defendants who knowingly designed the financial structure of a fraudulent scheme for... Documents: 1Posts: 8 | 2954 | Details | |
48 | ALEXANDRE DACCACHE on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated | Ariel Quiros Bill Stenger The AM Wealth Management Group of Raymond James Joel Burstein RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC. d/b/a RAYMOND JAMES RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC. ARIEL QUIROS WILLIAM STENGER and JOEL BURSTEIN | May 03, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | Plaintiff Alexandre Daccache brings this action on behalf of a class of all investors in Jay Peak limited partnerships to recover funds misused, commingled, and stolen by Quiros and Stenger with... Documents: 1Posts: 161 Comments: 1 | 3862 | Details | |
47 | Chinese investors Wei Gan Wentago Huang Jian Wang Xue Wang Xiaomeng Xu Lihong Yang | U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson USCIS Leon Rodriguez Ron Rosenberg Nicholas Colucci | April 04, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Breach of Contract | This civil action seeks judicial review of final agency decisions that plaintiffs have failed to establish eligibility for classification as alien entrepreneurs under 203(b)(5)(A) of the... Documents: 1Posts: 2 | 3373 | Details | |
46 | Chinese investors Japanese investors Huashan Zhang Mayayuki Hagiwara | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | May 03, 2016 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Denial of petition | Mr. Zhang filed his Form I-526 petition on December 23, 2013 (receipt no. WAC1490085382), and USCIS denied the petition on May 28, 2015. The denial of Mr. Zhang’s Form I-526 petition has had... Documents: 2Posts: 3 | 2824 | Details | |
45 | State of Vermont | Bill Stenger Ariel Quiros Jay Peak Inc. AnC Bio and others | April 14, 2016 | Washington State Court | PENDING | Fraud | The State of Vermont make a following complaint against Ariel Quiros, William Stenger, Jay Peak etc. for violation of the Vermont Uniform Securities Act and the Consumer Protection Act Documents: 1Posts: 664 | 4554 | Details | |
44 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Ariel Quiros Bill Stenger JAY PEAK INC Q RESORTS JAY PEAK PENTHOUSE SUITES JAY PEAK GOLF AND MOUNTAIN SUITES JAY PEAK LODGE AND TOWN HOUSES BIOMEDICAL PARK AnC BIO | April 12, 2016 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | This is an emergency action the Commission is bringing to stop an ongoing massive eight-year fraudulent scheme in which the Miami owner and the chief executive of a Vermont ski resort have... Documents: 7Posts: 662 | 6215 | Details | |
43 | OPEN RIVERS MEDIA GROUP INC. D/B/A/ ) OPEN RIVERS PICTURES ALVIN WILLIAMS AND TAMMY WILLIAMS | Southern Film Regional Center DOMINIC “NIC” APPLEGATE GATES INDUSTRIES LLC MAURICE ANDERSON RATLIFF ENTERTAINMENT LLC AND THEOPHILUS RATLIFF | March 11, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | PENDING | Breach of Contract | A film and TV production company urged a Georgia federal judge on Tuesday not to impose sanctions in a now-dismissed $45 million lawsuit alleging former NBA player Theo Ratliff and others... Documents: 13Posts: 1 | 2961 | Details | |
42 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Roger Bernstein | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 3519 | Details | |
41 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | KEFEI WANG | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 6 | 3954 | Details | |
40 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Mike S. Manesh Manesh & Mizrahi, APLC | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 3078 | Details | |
39 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Taraneh Khorrami, Esq. | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 3066 | Details | |
38 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Allen E. Kaye | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 2918 | Details | |
37 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Michael A. Bander Bander Law Firm | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 3354 | Details | |
36 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Mehron P. Azarmehr Azarmehr Law Group | December 07, 2015 | Securities & Exchange Commission | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Documents: 1Posts: 5 | 4039 | Details | |
35 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Hui Feng Law Offices of Feng & Associates | December 07, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | RESOLVED | Fraud | The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a series of enforcement actions against lawyers across the country charged with offering EB-5 investments while not registered to act as... Documents: 25Posts: 9 Comments: 1 | 6553 | Details | |
34 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | ROBERT YANG CLAUDIA KANO SUNCOR FONTANA LLC SUNCOR HESPERIA LLC AND SUNCOR CARE LYNWOOD LLC YANROB’S MEDICAL INC. HEALTHPRO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC AND SUNCOR CARE INC. | November 19, 2015 | Other | PENDING | Fraud | U.S. authorities moved to freeze the assets Thursday of a California doctor, an office manager and businesses accused of plundering at least $10 million from funds marketed to Chinese investors in... Documents: 1Posts: 8 Comments: 1 | 4944 | Details | |
33 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | EB5 Asset Manager LLC Lin Zhong et al. | November 03, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida | PENDING | Fraud | In a civil action filed by the SEC against EB5 Asset Manager, LLC and its owner Lin Zhong in the United States District Court of Southern Florida on November 3, 2015 the SEC alleges that since at... Documents: 7Posts: 8 | 3245 | Details | |
32 | U.S. Department of Justice | Dalia Ivette Singh aka Dalia Pena | October 14, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington | PENDING | Fraud | Dalia Ivette Singh, aka Dalia Pena, 61, who most recently resided in Clearwater, Florida, defrauded more than 40 immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin America. Singh charged some families as much... Posts: 3 | 2897 | Details | |
31 | SANG GEUN AN et al. | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | November 01, 2004 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington | RESOLVED | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making | Here, the 19 individual Plaintiffs are citizens of different Asian countries who participated in the EB-5 Program. In their complaint, Plaintiffs allege 1) improper retroactive application of the... Documents: 1 | 2336 | Details | |
30 | Marzieh Adab Ian Bowles Bei Guo Mohammad Saeid Khorram David Lawler Jing Zhang | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Jeh Johnson Nicholas Colucci Lori Scialabba | March 23, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | RESOLVED | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making | Plaintiffs Marzieh Adab, Ian Bowles, Bei Guo, Mohammad Saeid Khorram, David Lawler, and Jing Zhang filed this action on June 16, 2014. Dkt. No. 1. (“Compl.”). Plaintiffs assert claims against the... Documents: 2Posts: 1 Comments: 1 | 2906 | Details | |
28 | Chinese investors AIHONG SHAO | NEW WORLD TECHNOLOGIES & INNOVATIONS LLC JULIET ZHANG CAERVISION CORP. and CAERVISION TECHNOLOGY CENTERS INC. | September 24, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | PENDING | Breach of Contract Fraud | This is an action for breach of contract and fraud. Plaintiff was induced to invest her life savings with Defendants in reliance on Defendants' promises that (a) the investment is guaranteed, and... Documents: 10Posts: 1 | 2984 | Details | |
27 | AVVA LLC MEHRDAD ELIE | U.S. Immigration Investment Center LLC USIIC LLP MAHNAZ KHAZEN MICHAEL SHADMAN DOES 1 through 50 | June 26, 2015 | California State Court | RESOLVED | Breach of Contract Conversion Fraud Misrepresentation Negligence Securities Violations | Defendants are alleged to have created a scheme to induce the Plaintiffs to deliver funds to Defendants, which funds were allegedly not used for the intended investment purposes and were instead... Documents: 3Comments: 1 | 4730 | Details | |
26 | United States Of America | Stephen Young Kang Stephen Young Kang | August 11, 2015 | California State Court | RESOLVED | Fraud | Over at least the past four years, federal investigators say Stephen Young Kang took millions of dollars from Korean clients who asked him to invest their money and instead used it for his own... Documents: 2Posts: 8 | 4189 | Details | |
25 | Allen Young | San Francisco Regional Center Tom Henderson Thomas Henderson | August 07, 2015 | Other | PENDING | Fraud | The owner of the iconic Tribune Tower and several other downtown Oakland office buildings is facing a lawsuit from a business partner accusing him of diverting funds from their enterprise to help... Posts: 11 | 4643 | Details | |
24 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Path America Lobsang Dargey Path America Sonoco PATH AMERICA LLC; PATH AMERICA SNOCO LLC; PATH AMERICA FARMER’S MARKET LP; PATH AMERICA KINGCO LLC; PATH AMERICA TOWER LP; PATH TOWER SEATTLE LP; POTALA TOWER and LOBSANG DARGEY | August 24, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington | PENDING | Fraud | SEC asserts that the defendants have exploited the EB-5 program to defraud investors seeking investment returns and a path to United States residency. To date, SEC asserts that Defendants have... Documents: 6Posts: 47 | 4687 | Details | |
23 | Monarch Investments LLC | Texas Economic Regional Center Holding Company (TERC) The Lorenzana Law Firm Khaled M. Sarhan Nash Martinez Lorenco Inc Wayne Cadena Lucy Cadena Fernando Aurrecoechea Alejandro Aurrecoechea Candice Aguirr e United Pillars Group LLC | February 05, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas | PENDING | Fraud Misrepresentation Securities Violations Violation of California Labor Code Section 1102.5 | The plaintiff claims that : Lorenzana Jr., the Aurrecoecheas and other Defendants had almost completely squandered and misappropriated Monarch’s investment for their personal gain over the past... Documents: 1 | 2650 | Details | |
22 | Ryan Black | Gerry Matthews Palm House LLC | July 20, 2015 | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | PENDING | Fraud Securities Violations | The long-delayed Palm House hotel condominium is not only embroiled in an internal ownership dispute but also is in foreclosure proceedings, court documents show. The foreclosure complaint centers... Documents: 1Posts: 49 | 7019 | Details | |
21 | Saeid Mohebbi | U.S. Immigration Investment Center LLC U.S. Immigration Investment Center LLC Conti Stacey Pirooz Parvarandeh Violet Parvarandeh Michael Shadman Mahnaz Khazen USIIC LLP USIIC I LP and Does 1 through 100 Inclusive | July 02, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of California | RESOLVED | Fraud Securities Violations | This case arises out of a contractual investment relationship. Plaintiff contends that he agreed to invest over $1 million into a partnership in exchange for Defendants’ assistance in helping him... Documents: 2Comments: 2 | 3507 | Details | |
19 | Darley International LLC | South Dakota International Business Institute (SDIBI) | October 06, 2014 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | RESOLVED | Retaliation | The South Dakota Board of Regents said Friday that a California arbitrator has denied its attempt to recover attorney fees and costs in a lawsuit related to the state's EB-5 investment-for-green... Documents: 8Posts: 71 | 3144 | Details | |
18 | Access the USA, LLC | Citi Group Inc. J.P.Morgan Securities Merrill Lynch Washington State | May 26, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington | PENDING | Due process violations | An investment firm specializing in helping wealthy foreigners buy into American public projects to secure green cards has sued Washington state claiming Chinese investors were unfairly cut out of... Posts: 2 Comments: 2 | 3140 | Details | |
17 | U.S. Department of Justice United States of America | A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST HELD IN THE NAME OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SANG AH PARK IN THE PHILADELPHIA U.S. IMMIGRATION FUND | February 18, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | RESOLVED | Money Laundering Control Act | Action for forfeiture in rem of the defendant Sang Ah Park's Limited Partnership interest in the Philadelphia US Immigration Fund, a fund created and overseen by PIDC Regional Center. Park's... Documents: 5 | Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) Regional Center | 3698 | Details |
16 | Nicholas Mastroianni II U.S. Immigration Fund - NY Allied Capital and Development of South Florida LLC | David Finkelstein | January 26, 2015 | Florida State Court | RESOLVED | Non-Ownership | Nicholas Mastroianni II, chief executive of Allied Capital and Development of South Florida and the public face of Harbourside, is in a legal war with a lesser-known figure: David Finkelstein,... Documents: 1Posts: 8 | 4675 | Details | |
15 | Chinese investors Lianming Zhao | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Janet Napolitano et al. | August 06, 2013 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | RESOLVED | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making | Zhao argues that the denial of his Petition violated the Administrative Procedures Act, and requests that the Court direct the Government to approve his Petition. On September 26, 2012, USCIS... Documents: 1Posts: 1 | 2701 | Details | |
14 | TERENCE SUMPTER et al. | City of New Orleans Regional Center-NobleOutReach NobleOutReach, LLC WILLIAM B. HUNGERFORD JR. et al. | July 11, 2014 | Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | RESOLVED | Breach of fiduciary duty Misrepresentation | A group of dissatisfied investors brought this lawsuit as a derivative action, brought on behalf of the Fund, against NOR, Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Milbrath, and a number of other entities, including... Documents: 2Posts: 13 | 3489 | Details | |
13 | V. REAL ESTATE GROUP INC Liang Shao Yongming Hu Yanzhao Zou Xiaolong Li | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | January 09, 2015 | Federal District Court for the District of Nevada | PENDING | Declaratory Judgment Intentional Interference with Business Relations Intentional or Negligent Interference with Economic Advantage | Steven Lee, a former immigrant investor who received an EB-5 visa years ago and who is now a United States citizen, formed Plaintiff V Real Estate Group, Inc. (“VREG”) as a franchising enterprise... Documents: 1 | 2323 | Details | |
12 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Chinese investors South Korean investors | JUSTIN M LEE REBECCA TAEWON LEE THOMAS EDWARD KENT AMERICAN IMMIGRANT INVESTMENT FUND I LLC BIOFUEL VENTURE IV LLC BIOFUEL VENTURE V LLC NEXLAND INC NEXLAND INVESTMENT GROUP NEXSUN ETHANOL LLC | September 03, 2014 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | This case involves a scheme perpetrated by two immigration attorneys. The SEC filed suit for defrauding Chinese and Korean investors claiming that their monies would be invested in a program that... Documents: 1Posts: 6 | 3264 | Details | |
11 | Courtney Carlsson ET AL | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Janet Napolitano Alejandro Mayorkas Rosemary Melville | September 13, 2012 | Federal District Court for the Central District of California | RESOLVED | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making | On September 13, 2012, plaintiffs Courtney Carlsson, et al., filed the instant complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants United States Citizenship and Immigration Services... Documents: 1 | 3003 | Details | |
10 | Khalid Al-Humaid | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services David L. Roark John F. Grissom Michael Aytes Janet A. Napolitano Eric H. Holder | August 10, 2009 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas | RESOLVED | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making | Al-Humaid asserts at length in his briefing that the decisions of USCIS and AAO are not entitled to any judicial deference by the court, citing United States Supreme Court case law in support.... Documents: 1 | 2322 | Details | |
9 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Luca Energy Fund Regional Center BingQing Yang LUCA INTERNATIONAL GROUP LLC; LUCA RESOURCES GROUP LLC; LUCA ENERGY 18 FUND LLC; ENTHOLPY EMC INC.; BINGQING YANG; LEI (LILY) LEI; ANTHONY 19 V. POLLACE; and YONG (MICHAEL) CHEN | July 06, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of California | RESOLVED | Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Bay Area oil and gas company and its CEO with running a $68 million Ponzi-like scheme and affinity fraud that targeted the Chinese-American... Documents: 4Posts: 19 | 4285 | Details | |
8 | Michael McCaffrey | Inland Empire Renewable Energy Regional Center SolarMax Technology Inc. | June 24, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Southern District of California | PENDING | Breach of Contract Discrimination Based on National Origin, Ancestry, Ethnicity and Race Violation of California Labor Code Section 1102.5 | The former Chief Financial Officer of SolarMax Technology, Inc. - a renewable energy conglomerate located in Riverside, CA - has filed a lawsuit against the company and several of its directors... Documents: 1Posts: 4 | 4475 | Details | |
7 | Chinese investors Taiwanese investors Investors from Hong Kong Investors in the Project from China Taiwan and Hong Kong | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | May 27, 2015 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | PENDING | Denial of petition | Dozens of Chinese investors who poured millions of dollars into an Idaho mining operation have filed suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, alleging the agency unfairly determined... Documents: 5Posts: 2 | 3721 | Details | |
6 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION The Securities and Exchange Commission | Ireeco Limited Ireeco LLC Stephen Parnell Andrew Bartlett | June 23, 2015 | Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida | PENDING | Securities Violations | The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two firms that illegally brokered more than $79 million of investments by foreigners seeking U.S. residency. The charges are the first against... Documents: 1Posts: 17 | 4369 | Details | |
5 | Indian River and Martin counties | U.S. Dept. of Transportation | March 31, 2015 | Federal District Court for the District of Columbia | RESOLVED | Arbitrary and capricious action/decision making | A U.S. District Court judge today is expected to hear arguments over the issuance of $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds for All Aboard Florida. Indian River and Martin counties have asked Judge... Documents: 3Posts: 10 | 3599 | Details | |
4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | USA Now Regional Center, LLC | October 01, 2013 | Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | RESOLVED | Fraud | In the case, SEC v. Marco A. Ramirez, et al., the SEC and USCIS worked together to stop an alleged investment scam in which the SEC claims that the defendants, including the USA Now regional... Documents: 1Posts: 12 | 3965 | Details | |
3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | Intercontinental Regional Center Trust of Chicago | February 06, 2013 | Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois | RESOLVED | Fraud | In another case, SEC v. A Chicago Convention Center, et al., the SEC and USCIS coordinated to halt an alleged $156 million investment fraud. The SEC alleged that an individual and his companies... Documents: 1Posts: 30 | 3985 | Details |
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