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Correction to quote on Green Tech Auto article

 
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I would like to clarify what I said to Kenric Ward of the Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau in his article on Green Tech Automotive and that was while we do have serious reservations regarding the claims being made by Green Tech Automotive concerning the viability of their product in the market and the use of EB-5 capital as a funding mechanism for such a large capital intensive manufacturing project, I could not conclude whether or not there was fraud as that could only be determined by a legal process and only after a substantial amount of evidence was presented to support any such claims.

Motion filed on Behalf of EB-5 Chicago Center Project Investors

 
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Attorneys Henry Handler and William Berger of the law firm of Weiss, Handler & Cornwell, P.A. in Boca Raton, Florida have filed a memorandum of law in support of the motion to intervene on behalf of EB-5 visa applicant and investors in the IRCTC Chicago Convention Center project

Oceana Study Reveals Widespread Seafood Fraud

 
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A study recently released by the nonprofit conservancy group Oceana reveals that one in three fish sold in markets and restaurants was mislabeled.  What consumers thought they were purchasing turned out to be something else entirely 33% of the time. 

SEC & USCIS Take Action to Stop EB-5 Visa Scheme Committing Fraud

 
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In a coordinated action unprecedented in our industry's history, the SEC and USCIS have coordinated to stop the activities of Anshoo Sethi and the EB-5 designated Intercontinental Regional Center Trust of Chicago (IRCTC) from continuing to misappropriate funds from overseas immigrant investors in connection with the "A Chicago Convention Center LLC" offering that he and Chinese migration agents were heavily promoting to investors. 

Risks of Paying Fees to Illegal Finders for EB-5 Issuers: Neogenix

 
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The case of Neogenix Oncology Inc. should be of interest to EB-5 visa Regional Centers, developers, attorneys, accountants and other service providers and financial institutions who assist, represent and counsel the issuers and EB-5 Centers in their capital raise.  In July 2012 the clinical stage biotech company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to an investigation by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) into the company's capital fund raising activities that uncovered payments by Neogenix to unregistered persons.  The liability for rescission associated from payments to these unlicensed finders resulted in the company's inability to present audited financial statements which left them unable to continue raising funds. 

NASAA 2012 Top Investor Threats: EB-5 Investment-for-Visa Scams

 
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The North American Securities Administrators Association has released their list of the top 10 financial products and practices "that threaten to trap unwary investors." This list was complied by the association's securities regulators in their Enforcement Section. NASAA was organized in 1919 and is described as the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection.

USCIS EB-5 Engagement Monday Dec. 3 2pm EST

 
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USCIS will be holding an engagement on Monday, Dec. 3 from 2pm - 4pm EST to discuss job creation, job counting and tenant occupancy among other EB5 visa related issues.  Anyone who is interested in hearing their position on these vital topics is encouraged to attend or listen into the engagement. 

EB5 Projects in China September 30 - October 6

 
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Green energy-saving building materials projects, existing products involve a number of third-party patent technology, you can get authorization to allow manufacturers to produce their own products.

EB5 Projects in China September 16 -22

 

1. San Francisco Bay Area, California Community Project

 

EB5 Projects in China September 9 -15

 
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1. Idaho Huang Jinling Gold Project

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