Ex-White House Military Aide and Maryland Businessman Sentenced to Over 8 Years in Prison for Operating Fraudulent Eb-5 Visa Scheme

DOJ (US Attorney, E.D. La.) press release of 22 June 2021: operators of the New Orleans EB-5 Regional Center sentenced to 102 months each (already an event). Figures: 31 immigrants invested $15.5 million ($500,000 each in a targeted employment area) plus service fees; $18,070,000 obtained from all investors including one non-immigrant; funds 'fraudulently misappropriated' but no amount stated; restitution left for later. Case-level figures describe the case and are in the existing event's description where relevant; they are not programme statistics and match no indicator (no amount of investor money misused is stated). Programme rules restated in the release (minimum investment $1,000,000 / $500,000 in targeted employment areas, 10 jobs, two-year conditional residence) are already in program_terms from primary sources. Related-content links at the foot of the page are unrelated. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).