May 20, 2020
An Illinois federal court on Tuesday denied a Chicago-based immigration attorney's bid to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's updated lawsuit accusing him of defrauding foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas.
May 14, 2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday reignited its efforts to hold a Chicago-based immigration attorney and several of his businesses accountable for allegedly defrauding foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas, two months after a federal judge tossed the previous iteration of the suit.
March 14, 2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against a Chicago-based immigration attorney and several of his businesses accused of defrauding foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas isn't specific enough to proceed, an Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday.
June 13, 2018
A Chicago-based immigration attorney accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of pocketing money from foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas urged an Illinois federal court Tuesday to rethink a decision barring him from representing several supplemental defendants in the case, rebutting contentions that there is a conflict of interest.
May 31, 2018
A Chicago-based immigration attorney the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused of swindling foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas can no longer represent numerous supplemental defendants in the case, with an Illinois federal judge determining that conflicts of interest existed.
September 05, 2017
A Chicago-area attorney accused of deceiving foreign investors hoping to receive U.S. residency will not be barred from the EB-5 program after an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't prove he intentionally misled them.
August 16, 2017
An Iranian man who invested with an immigration attorney accused of using the EB-5 visa program to defraud more than 200 people told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday he was not concerned by claims the attorney may have used his money to trade securities.
August 02, 2017
A Chicago-based immigration attorney accused of defrauding EB-5 investors tried to pass off the investors' money as his own when he applied for loans to cover construction on the EB-5 projects, the loan company's principal told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday.
August 01, 2017
A Chinese national persuaded to invest $500,000 into an EB-5 construction project testified in Illinois federal court Tuesday that an attorney accused of defrauding him and hundreds of other investors never mentioned that their money might be used for other things.
July 28, 2017
An immigration attorney accused of stealing millions from foreign backers who'd been promised green cards in exchange for their investments urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to deny a request from three such investors to intervene in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit against him.