{"id":72677,"date":"2023-07-06T07:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/vermont-agrees-to-pay-16-5-million-to-settle-jay-peak-resort-fraud-lawsuits-from-foreign-investors-72677"},"modified":"2023-07-06T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:37:07","slug":"vermont-agrees-to-pay-16-5-million-to-settle-jay-peak-resort-fraud-lawsuits-from-foreign-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/vermont-agrees-to-pay-16-5-million-to-settle-jay-peak-resort-fraud-lawsuits-from-foreign-investors-72677","title":{"rendered":"Vermont agrees to pay $16.5 million to settle Jay Peak resort fraud lawsuits from foreign investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/vermont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The state of Vermont<\/a> has agreed to pay $16.5 million to settle all pending and potential lawsuits from foreign investors in development projects at the Jay Peak resort, the ski area that was shaken by a massive fraud case involving its former owner and president, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the federal Securities and Exchange Commission and the state alleged that former Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and former president William Stenger took part in a &#8220;massive eight-year fraudulent scheme.&#8221; The civil allegations involved misusing more than $200 million of about $400 million raised for various ski area developments from foreign investors through a visa program. The EB-5 program encourages foreigners to invest in job-creating ventures in the U.S. in exchange for a chance to earn permanent residency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vt-town-allow-16-17-year-olds-vote-local-elections-legislature-overrides-governors-veto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VT TOWN WILL ALLOW 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLDS TO VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS AFTER LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR&#8217;S VETO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quiros and Stenger settled civil charges with the SEC, with Quiros surrendering more than $80 million in assets, including the two resorts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Quiros, Stenger and Quiros&#8217; adviser William Kelly were indicted over the failed plan to build a biotechnology plant using tens of millions of dollars in foreign investors\u2019 money. Quiros was sentenced last year to five years in prison; Stenger served just over nine months in prison; and William Kelly was sentenced to a year and a half.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign investors sued the state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its immigrant<\/a> investor regional center, accusing it of inadequately supervising the projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vermonts-democratic-supermajorities-reconvene-hopes-overriding-gov-scotts-vetoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>VERMONT&#8217;S DEMOCRATIC SUPERMAJORITIES RECONVENE IN HOPES OF OVERRIDING GOV. SCOTT&#8217;S VETOES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The settlement announced Wednesday, if approved by the court, &#8220;will resolve all pending and potential lawsuits against the State that have been brought or could be brought by the approximately 850 investors in the Jay Peak EB-5 projects,&#8221; Attorney General Charity Clark said in a news release. The state will also continue to support investors\u2019 pursuit of green cards. If that is successful, the overall settlement payment will be reduced by $4 million, Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I\u2019ve said before, Vermonters, investors, and the State of Vermont were all deceived <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by the fraud<\/a> of Ariel Quiros, Bill Stenger, and William Kelly,&#8221; Clark added. &#8220;This civil settlement will bring a global resolution to the State\u2019s involvement in this matter, which will protect the State from additional EB-5 lawsuits, preventing further financial harm to Vermont.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The $16.5 million will be paid over three years into the Jay Peak Receivership, which will distribute the funds. The investors paid over $400 million to the eight Jay Peak EB-5 projects.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the state agreed to a $750,000 payment to settle claims from eight Jay Peak investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/vermont-agrees-pay-16-5-million-settle-jay-peak-resort-fraud-lawsuits-foreign-investors\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/vermont-agrees-pay-16-5-million-settle-jay-peak-resort-fraud-lawsuits-foreign-investors <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Vermont has agreed to pay $16.5 million to settle all pending and potential lawsuits from foreign investors in development projects at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-72677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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