EB-5 News & Updates August 03-10
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Posts
 | PAC with ties to China joins campaign for new southern Maine casino | |
| AUGUSTA, Maine — A company apparently tied to China disclosed that it’s backing the campaign for a new Maine casino Monday — a move likely to frustrate state ethics watchdogs investigating millions in offshore dollars already dumped... | ||
 | York County Casino Proposal Moves to the Next Stage | |
| Fred Bever reports on the effort to build a casino in York County. The effort to get voter approval for a York County casino appears to be entering its next and more active stage, with a new political action committee and some... | ||
Updates
Firms Updates | ||
 | NEW EB-5 DRAFT FOR RE-AUTHORIZATION BY REP. FITZPATRICK, BRIAN | |
| H.R.3471 - To amend section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to implement new reforms, and to reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, in order to promote and reform foreign capital investment and job creation in communities... | ||
Regional Center Updates | ||
 | USIF announces launch of India-based operations | |
| Upbeat about India's potential, the United States Immigration Fund (USIF), the largest EB-5 fund raiser in the world, has announced the launch of its country based operations. USIF has funded 24 projects worth 15 billion US dollars in... | ||
 | Gear Up: Things Go From Bad To Worse | |
| The burden of ongoing corruption in South Dakota just got real for the taxpayers in Armour, Burke, Colome, Corsica, Ethan, Gregory, Kimball, Mount Vernon, Plankinton, Platte-Geddes, Stickney, Wessington Springs, White Lake and Wolsey-Wessington... | ||
 | Judge quashes whistleblower deposition in EB-5 investor case against state | |
| A judge has ruled that, for now, defrauded EB-5 investors in a class action lawsuit against the state cannot take the deposition of a key whistleblower in the case. Lamoille County Superior Court Judge Thomas Carlson quashed the plaintiffs’... | ||
User Updates | ||
 | Federal Immigration: EB-5 and the RAISE Act | |
| On August 1, 2017, Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and David Perdue (R-Georgia) introduced a bill to significantly cut legal immigration. The bill is called the RAISE Act and it stands for Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act.... | ||
 | Great EB-5 Project location | |
| The proposed Fairfield Inn & Suites would be conveniently located in Sonoma County adjacent to Highway 101, close proximity to Santa Rosa Airport with Smart Train access. Guests have convenient access to world class breweries and wineries.... | ||
 | Rags-to-riches: Bellevue developer who conned hundreds gets 4 years in prison | |
| Developer Lobsang Dargey was sentenced Friday for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and concealing information from the federal government, charges that stemmed from his diversion of millions of dollars gathered from some 280 Chinese investors who... | ||
Project Updates | ||
 | Real estate developer sentenced to prison for visa investment fraud | |
| Misused millions from overseas investors A former real estate developer received a prison sentence of four years with three years of... | ||
 | Authorities looking into Kushner Cos. use of visa program, sources say | |
| Jared Kushner (left) and Joshua Kushner. Federal prosecutors are investigating the real estate firm owned by the family of Jared... | ||
 | Visa program offers promise to the poor — then breaks it | |
| The $900 million Echelon Seaport project on Seaport Boulevard will feature luxury condos and apartments. Above: the site in May. It was... | ||
 | EB-5 visas used in financing Boston development raise eyebrows | |
| Who benefits? Some recent high-profile developments in Boston such as Fenway’s Pierce Boston and the Seaport’s Echelon have used a... | ||
 | NY Wheel foreign investors could be denied green cards | |
| New York Wheel: Limited construction continues If the New York Wheel never comes to fruition, foreign investors who put up $206 million... | ||
Litigation Cases
| Golden Gate Global EB-5 Investment Fund vs United States Citizenship & Immigration Services, Elaine Duke, James McCament and Nicholas Colucci | ||
| Liza Praman vs David J. Hart, P.A | ||
Events
| Transparency: Finding the Best EB-5 Visa Project Investment Live! from NYC 950 3rd Avenue, Floor 22 | New York, NY 10022 , New York, US 08/17/2017 2:00PM - 3:00PM (Eastern Daylight Time) USAdvisors and investUSA360 are hosting an EB-5 Verified Projects event in New York on August 17 to allow project managers who have had their projects verified by us to be able to present their current offerings, team and answer any questions from... | Free |
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