MONTPELIER – The dream of spectacular economic development in the depressed Northeast Kingdom using money from foreign investors came crashing down Thursday amidst federal fraud allegations. Gov. Peter Shumlin gathered with several of his top officials at the Statehouse to announce state and federal accusations of fraud against Bill Stenger […]
By Jess Bravin and Miriam Jordan The 26-state challenge to the Obama administration’s immigration policy, scheduled for Supreme Court argument next Monday comes wrapped in rhetoric about the separation of powers and brims with implications for the November elections. But the outcome may hinge on something more mundane: Texas drivers […]
SEC Case Freezes Assets of Ski Resort Steeped in Fraudulent EB-5 Offerings
15 Apr
by Foster, on News
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a Vermont-based ski resort and related businesses allegedly misusing millions of dollars raised through investments solicited under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. The SEC’s case was unsealed today in federal court in Miami, and the court […]
By Michael Berryhill Michael Berryhill, chair of journalism at Texas Southern University, was commissioned by “Places Journal,” an online publication sponsored by university architecture programs, to write about Houston and inequality. He focused on the Houston nonprofit organization Neighborhood Centers, which is nationally recognized for its work to improve the […]