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Saul Ewing LLP

Updated Information After the Annual IIUSA Meeting Held in Washington, DC May 6 and May 7, 2019

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IIUSA hosted a very targeted annual conference in Washington, D.C., to discuss the status of the EB-5 industry and focused on various specific matters of interest to the group....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

SEC Continues Its Focus On EB-5 Immigrant Visa Fraud

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Earlier this year we wrote about the Justice Department’s continuing efforts to combat fraud in the EB-5 immigrant visa program, with the filing of several federal lawsuits seeking the forfeiture of nine real properties...more

Carlton Fields

SEC Sanctions Unregistered EB-5 Investments Broker

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We previously warned that some individuals involved with arranging EB-5 investments may be required to register as broker-dealers (see "Immigrant Investor Program Raises SEC Broker Registration Issues" in the Summer 2014...more

Broker-Dealer Compliance + Regulation

A View of EB-5 Program Issues from a Top SEC Enforcement Official

As participation in the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) Immigrant Investor Program or “EB-5 program” grows, regulatory interest is showing a commensurate uptick. On November 20, 2013, Associate Director Stephen...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

EB-5 Program Faces Heightened Enforcement Scrutiny

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Announcements last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and U.S. Citizenship Immigration Services (USCIS) indicate that investments made through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program (the EB-5 Program) will be...more

Brooks Pierce

SEC Brings Case Involving EB-5 Investment Program

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It’s not often that the securities enforcement and immigration law worlds collide, but I suppose it occasionally happens....more

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