EB-5 News & Updates January 05-12
Projects
 | Madison Park | |
| Madison Park Financial EB-5 Project is a San Francisco Bay Area multifamily apartment construction fund that will build three separate apartment buildings in Oakland and Emeryville of the San Francisco Bay Area. Each location is transit oriented and within walking distance to BART, the local... | ||
Posts
 | Introduction | |
| Recently, Boston Consulting Group released a report in Beijing entitled, "The new generation driving force for China's consumer economy." According to the report, China's emerging affluent Chinese consumers will be the key force to... | ||
 | Former wife of fugitive Chinese official pleads guilty to conspiring to commit immigration fraud related to EB-5 investor visa | |
| The ex-wife of a former Chinese government official has pleaded guilty to charges that she conspired to fraudulently obtain visas to enter the United States through the immigrant investor program, following a probe by U.S. Immigration... | ||
 | Millions Worth Of SGV Property To Be Relinquished By Ex-Wife Of Chinese Fugitive | |
| Shilan Zhao, the ex-wife of Jianjun Qiao, the third most-wanted government official in China, will give up about $28 million of her assets in the San Gabriel Valley and other U.S. regions after officials accused her of lying about her... | ||
 | Chinese immigrant who bought Eastside home with laundered money pleads guilty to EB-5 visa fraud | |
| An immigrant from China who had been living in King County has pleaded guilty to visa fraud charges after federal authorities charged her with using stolen money from overseas to purchase a house on the Eastside. Shilan Zhao, 53,... | ||
Updates
Firms Updates | ||
 | WA developer pleads guilty to EB-5 fraud, faces 10 years in prison | |
| Dive Brief: Seattle-area developer Lobsang Dargey pleaded guilty to fraud charges Wednesday in relation to a government visa program that rewards massive foreign investment with temporary residence and an expedited green card application process,... | ||
 | West Coast Real Estate Update: Dec. 29, 2016 | |
| The California Court of Appeal decided the case of Beach Break Equities, LLC v. Martin Lowell on Nov. 22, 2016, and released it for publication on Dec. 14, 2016. The case exemplifies the uncertainty that can exist for landlords even after they... | ||
 | EB-5 visas: Drain this bog | |
| It's up to President-elect Donald Trump to address fraud and abuse in America's EB-5 visa program, which provides a citizenship path for foreigners who invest at least $500,000 to $1 million in job-creating projects. As The Washington Times... | ||
 | Advance notice of proposed rulemaking. | |
| The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering making regulatory changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program. Based on decades of experience operating the program, DHS has determined that program changes are needed to... | ||
 | New York Developer Lobbies Against Changes to Immigrant Investor Program | |
| A New York real-estate developer is playing a central role in blocking a bipartisan plan to overhaul a controversial immigration program that gives green cards to foreign investors. Related Cos., a developer of massive mixed-use projects, has... | ||
 | Hotel Lawyer: Global Hospitality Group’s Brandon Chock Becomes a Partner at JMBM | |
| I have often mentioned how much I enjoy working with all my friends and colleagues in the hospitality industry. I am also fortunate to work with the talented, committed group of lawyers who comprise Global Hospitality Group. It is with pleasure... | ||
 | USCIS Seeks Public Input on the EB-5 Program | |
| On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to gather information relating to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor... | ||
 | Movers & Shakers: Crocker Partners names new managing partner…and more | |
| Angelo Bianco has been promoted to managing partner of Crocker Partners, the investment and development company announced this week. As partner and senior executive since 2001, Bianco managed the firm’s capital markets and investor relations and... | ||
 | Baker Tilly Grows EB-5 Consulting Practice | |
| Leading accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) has expanded its transaction services capabilities with Baker Tilly Capital’s strategic addition of Wright Johnson’s EB-5 consulting practice effective January 3,... | ||
 | Hyatt Project | |
| The project is located within the central business district of preferedbeach location, in close proximity to the beach. The area boasts over 22-miles of white sand beaches. Attractions include Beach Golf Club, Beach Fishing Pier and Pavilion... | ||
Regional Center Updates | ||
 | Letter: Articles give ‘insight’ re: IM 22 vote | |
| Congratulations and thank you to Stu Whitney (Argus Leader/Dec. 6) and Doug Kronaizl (Argus Leader/Dec. 14) for their informative and insightful columns regarding Initiated Measure 22 and Gov. Dennis Daugaard and several legislators’ negative... | ||
 | Gov. Douglas papers talk EB-5, media strategy | |
| Freshly unsealed records from the Gov. Jim Douglas administration provide insider details about state government and Vermont businesses — if you know where to look. Records from previous governors had carried private margin notes, sometimes... | ||
 | Landing at College Square aka Copperstone Village II & III News release | |
| Groundbreaking Ceremony For the Landing at College Square, formerly known as Copperstone Village II & III. | ||
Project Updates | ||
 | South Atlantic Regional Center ("SARC") has succeeded in having the Receiver's authority expanded to accept offers to restructure the Palm House Hotel. | |
| PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 30th, 2016, the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach has... | ||
 | Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and adviser, chases China deal | |
| On the night of Nov. 16, a group of executives gathered in a private dining room of the restaurant La Chine at the Waldorf Astoria hotel... | ||
 | I-526 Insurance Finalized | |
| W 108 Development LLC, the Developer of the real estate project on 324-326 W. 108th Street in New York City, has recently finalized a... | ||
 | Why Jared Kushner’s conflicts of interest matter | |
| Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is all but running foreign policy during Trump’s transition to the Oval Office, while also... | ||
 | Related has spent more than $1.4M to prevent changes to EB-5 | |
| Related Companies doesn’t want the EB-5 program to change and has spent more than $1.4 million in an effort to see that it doesn’t. The... | ||
 | U.S. Ski Team affiliation a boon for Burke Mountain community | |
| A new cooperative agreement late last year makes Burke Mountain a designated training site for the U.S. Ski Team. It's a move that's... | ||
User Updates | ||
 | SETTLEMENTS IN EB-5 CASE LEAVE QUIROS STANDING ALONE | |
| Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros is now the only defendant left in a case brought by federal regulators alleging the largest fraud in the history of the EB-5 immigrant investor program. Federal Judge Darrin P. Gayles issued an order last week... | ||
 | Dargey fraud adds strike against foreign investor program EB-5 | |
| Developer Lobsang Dargey (center) attends a sneak peak event at Potala Place Everett on April 30, 2015. (Ian Terry / The Herald) An Everett developer’s guilty plea Wednesday to federal fraud charges is the latest example of abuse of the EB-5... | ||
 | Hyatt Project | |
| The project is located within the central business district of preferedbeach location, in close proximity to the beach. The area boasts over 22-miles of white sand beaches. Attractions include Beach Golf Club, Beach Fishing Pier and Pavilion... | ||
 | Developer Who Risked Investors' Immigration Status Pleads Guilty to Fraud | |
| At first blush, Lobsang Dargey seemed to epitomize the American dream. The 43-year-old former monk, who married the sister of tennis legend Andre Agassi, arrived in the United States in 1997 as an immigrant from rural Tibet speaking no English,... | ||
 | Year End Update SMASHotels Project | |
| SMASHotels Project Year End Update. Please feel free to see what we have done so far in our first successful EB5 Project. | ||
 | Year End SMASH Residential Update | |
| SMASH Residential Year End Update. Please feel free to review what we have done in our second successful EB5 Project! | ||
 | Seattle-area developer Lobsang Dargey pleads guilty to fraud | |
| Lobsang Dargey, a former Tibetan monk turned Seattle real estate developer, pled guilty last week to two felony charges. He will spend up to 10 years in prison for defrauding investors, and will pay up to $24.2 million in restitution, reports The... | ||
 | OMB Sends Proposed Rule-Making for the EB-5 Program Back to USCIS for Publication | |
| On Jan. 9, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published a notice that, as of Jan. 6, it had completed its review a proposed rulemaking that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services... | ||
 | 5 Things You Need to Know about New Proposed EB-5 Rulemaking | |
| Tomorrow, January 11, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register regarding regulatory changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program. The goal of... | ||
 | Financial Fraud: Karamchand “Raj” Doobay Charging With Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud | |
| United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Karamchand “Raj” Doobay (42, Ontario, Canada and Orlando, Florida) with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and substantive counts of mail and wire... | ||
 | Jasper man arrested for fraudulent land sale scheme | |
| Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Hamilton County Sheriff J. Harrell Reid announce the arrest of Karamchand “Raj” Doobay, 40, of Jasper, Florida for organized scheme to defraud over $50,000. FDLE agents began investigating... | ||
 | Gulfport casino closer to reality in spot where others have failed | |
| Virginia attorney Robert Lubin announced plans a year ago to build a $140 million casino resort at the harbor. The project will go to the Gulfport Planning Commission on Jan. 26 for approval to use five lots for a casino. The 10-acre site on the... | ||
Litigation Cases
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vs Raj Doobay | ||
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