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Feds Raid Suspected $50M Visa Fraud Ring Near Los Angeles
NPR ^ | Apr 5, 2017 | Laurel Wamsley

Posted on 04/06/2017 2:37:49 PM PDT by posterchild

Federal authorities raided a Los Angeles-area business on Wednesday that the FBI suspects of orchestrating a $50 million visa fraud scheme.

Filings in federal court allege that the California Investment Immigration Fund sought money from more than 100 Chinese investors, and in the process helped many of them to obtain U.S. green cards through a visa program called EB-5.

But, says FBI Special Agent Gary Chen in those filings, those projects were never built.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; california; fraud; immigration; losangeles; visas

1 posted on 04/06/2017 2:37:49 PM PDT by posterchild
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To: posterchild

Et Tu, National ProgressiveMarxism Radio?


2 posted on 04/06/2017 2:41:46 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: posterchild

So somebody screwed the Chinese investors?.....................


3 posted on 04/06/2017 2:50:19 PM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: posterchild

For the record: I live near Los Angeles. There were no knocks on my door.

“:^)


4 posted on 04/06/2017 3:03:51 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: posterchild

The immigration fraud is endless. Specifically in places like CA.

Go Trump!


5 posted on 04/06/2017 5:02:58 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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