Posted on 11/29/2017 8:25:23 AM PST by Perseverando
A group of Chinese investors is suing Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the brother of Hillary Clinton, saying they were defrauded of $17 million in a cash-for-green card “scam.”
The investors filed suit in Fairfax Co., Va. circuit court last week, Politico first reported.
The suit alleges that McAuliffe and Clinton’s youngest brother, Anthony Rodham, “exploited” the 32 investors by promising to “leverage…political connections” to ensure that their visa applications “will get to the top of the pile, and then be approved.”
The green cards were to be granted as part of the federal government’s EB-5 visa program. The program grants legal immigration status to foreign nationals who invest at least $500,000 in American companies. Companies must meet certain criteria regarding job creation in order for their investors to qualify for immigration benefits.
The 32 Chinese investors say they paid $560,000 apiece in 2012 and 2013 to invest in GreenTech, an electric car company controlled by McAuliffe and Rodham.
McAuliffe was once the largest investor in GreenTech. He left as chairman of the company in 2014 after being elected Virginia’s governor.
The investors say that not only were they misled about GreenTech’s prospects, their immigration status is now in jeopardy because of the company’s legal and financial problems.
“Defendants’ conspiracy has caused Plaintiffs to be left without an investment to serve as the basis of their immigration application, likely resulting in the loss of any immigration status they currently have,” the suit reads.
The case could pose political problems for McAuliffe, a former chairman of the DNC who is said to be weighing a 2020 presidential bid.
The lawsuit lays out a laundry list of fraud allegations against McAuliffe and Rodham.
The suit claims that the pair “misrepresented” the number of jobs that GreenTech would generate while also falsely claiming that the car company had been selected as a Defense Department contractor. McAuliffe and Rodham also made false claims about GreenTech’s financial situation, including overstating the amount of collateral the company had for its outstanding loans, according to the complaint.
“They painted a false picture of the state of the company, including instructing employees to pretend to be working while investors toured the plant,” the suit alleges. McAuliffe and Rodham also “lied about the sales and expected sales of the company” during their investment pitches.
McAuliffe and Rodham also failed to disclose the existence of government investigations into GreenTech. The company came under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A 2015 report released by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general also showed that McAuliffe and Rodham pressured Alejandro Mayorkas, then the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to approve visas for GreenTech.
A spokeswoman for McAuliffe told Politico that she is confident that the lawsuit will be dismissed.
“We strongly reject this baseless suit which has no merit whatsoever. The claims, which regurgitate old political attacks regarding a company that Governor McAuliffe left five years ago, were brought by a lawyer with conservative ties,” Crystal Carson told Politico.
So this sounds like they acted like high priced coyotes and they took their clients to a virtual rape tree.
Why isn’t the entire Rodham clan, including Hillary, in jail?
And then Hilliary lost and the walls came tumbling down...............
Two Huangs don’t make a right...................
Donald Trump on the night of November 8, 2016 torpedoed these guys deal!
From experience, I can just about guarantee that these guys were not stupid enough to file in a court with an Obama judge.
If I’m right, it will not be “dismissed”.
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“But then again, among the party faithful democrats who thrive on waste, fraud and corruption, this is a resume enhancement.”
But then again, among the party faithful democrats who LIVE OFF waste, fraud,taxpayer money and corruption, this is a resume enhancement.
Paging Jeff Sessions. Please pick up the white courtesy phone.
And here in Los Angeles believe it or not, a Lawyer is going to Prison for the EXACT same thing!!
Chan, 35, of El Monte ran San Gabriel-based California Investment Immigration Fund with her father. The company used a visa program that issued permanent lawful residence permits — known as green cards — to foreign nationals who invested at least $500,000 in a U.S.-based business that generates at least 10 new jobs to run the fraudulent scheme, according to the plea agreement.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigration-fraud-plea-20171127-story.html
PING
Before this scam was Global Crossing.
McAwful belongs in jail.
Yes, but this is what happened when they didn't have their own people on site but rather left so much to Chan's.
This could truly be DEVESTATING if they have something verifiable promising that in writing. Not getting my hopes too far up, yet though, we’ll see, but fingers crossed.
grifftin runs through the veins of the rodham gene pool
A corrupt Democrat? I’m shocked!
Investors take note:
When investing in deals with the KKKlintoons, THEY are the only ones who EVER make any money....................
Let me see if I’ve got this right.
They gave bribes to politicians and when the politicians didn’t deliver, they want to sue.
Suing because the bribes didn’t work and they want the bribe money back.
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