B Choice Limited v. Epicentre Development Associates, LLC et al
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June 29, 2017
AstroWorld Investor Wins $84M-Plus Verdict In Fraud Suit
A Houston federal jury has awarded at least $84.55 million, and possibly much more, to a real estate company that invested and then allegedly lost millions in a plan to redevelop the land where Houston's AstroWorld theme park used to sit.
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March 03, 2017
Developers Still Can't Escape AstroWorld Fraud Suit
A Texas magistrate judge said Friday that several developers' bids to toss a fraud suit against them should be denied, noting that questions remain about their failed scheme to repurpose the former Six Flags AstroWorld site in Houston.
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July 15, 2016
AstroWorld Fraud Claims Survive Defense Challenge
Fraud claims against the developers behind a failed scheme to repurpose the former Six Flags AstroWorld site in Houston survived a challenge from the defendants in a Texas court Thursday, with the court finding British corporation B Choice Ltd. had made sufficiently specific accusations and was owed a $13 million payment on a promissory note.
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December 14, 2015
Developer, Investor Trade Barbs In $25M AstroWorld Row
The developers behind a failed scheme to repurpose the former Six Flags AstroWorld site in Houston reiterated Monday that an investment company's $25 million suit claiming fraud and breach of contract should be tossed, saying B Choice Ltd.'s losses are merely an unfortunate byproduct of the economic downturn.
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October 20, 2015
Developer Looks To Duck $25M Six Flags Redevelopment Suit
The developers behind a failed scheme to repurpose the former Six Flags AstroWorld site in Houston told a Texas federal judge on Monday that British investment company B Choice Ltd.'s remaining claims in a $25 million suit against it all amount to a breach of contract.
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July 07, 2015
Fraud Claims Cut From $25M Six Flags Redevelopment Suit
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday partly granted a motion to dismiss B Choice Ltd.'s suit alleging the British real estate investment company was defrauded of $25 million in a doomed project to develop the former Six Flags AstroWorld site.
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June 11, 2015
Spanish Investor Wants Out Of $25M AstroWorld Scam Suit
A Spanish investor said Wednesday that a Texas federal court lacks jurisdiction to hear claims that he helped scam British investment company B Choice Ltd. into betting $25 million on a doomed project to develop the former Six Flags AstroWorld site.
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March 18, 2015
Investors Try To Duck RICO Claims Of $25M Property Scam
An Italian real estate broker and his company, one of several defendants accused of scamming $25 million from investors in the former Six Flags AstroWorld property, asked a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss the racketeering lawsuit, saying the plaintiff, British investor B Choice Ltd., has failed to make an actionable fraud claim.
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July 22, 2014
$25M Houston RE Investment Was Induced By Scam, Suit Says
B Choice Ltd. sued Epicentre Development Associates LLC and others in Texas federal court for breach of contract and fraud in connection with its $25 million investment in a project to develop the site of defunct theme park Six Flags AstroWorld into EpiCentre Houston.