Securities Exchange Commission v. Kameli et al

  1. May 20, 2020

    Chicago Atty Can't Dodge SEC's Tidied-Up EB-5 Fraud Suit

    An Illinois federal court on Tuesday denied a Chicago-based immigration attorney's bid to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's updated lawsuit accusing him of defrauding foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas.

  2. May 14, 2019

    SEC Renews EB-5 Investor Fraud Claims Against Chicago Atty

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday reignited its efforts to hold a Chicago-based immigration attorney and several of his businesses accountable for allegedly defrauding foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas, two months after a federal judge tossed the previous iteration of the suit.

  3. March 14, 2019

    Immigration Atty Dodges SEC's EB-5 Investor Fraud Claims

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against a Chicago-based immigration attorney and several of his businesses accused of defrauding foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas isn't specific enough to proceed, an Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday.

  4. June 13, 2018

    Immigration Atty Urges Court To Rethink DQ In EB-5 Suit

    A Chicago-based immigration attorney accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of pocketing money from foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas urged an Illinois federal court Tuesday to rethink a decision barring him from representing several supplemental defendants in the case, rebutting contentions that there is a conflict of interest.

  5. May 31, 2018

    SEC Gets Immigration Atty DQ'd In EB-5 Scam Suit

    A Chicago-based immigration attorney the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused of swindling foreign investors seeking EB-5 visas can no longer represent numerous supplemental defendants in the case, with an Illinois federal judge determining that conflicts of interest existed.

  6. September 05, 2017

    Immigration Atty Dodges SEC's Bid For EB-5 Ban

    A Chicago-area attorney accused of deceiving foreign investors hoping to receive U.S. residency will not be barred from the EB-5 program after an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't prove he intentionally misled them.

  7. August 16, 2017

    EB-5 Investor Not Worried About Atty Trading With His Cash

    An Iranian man who invested with an immigration attorney accused of using the EB-5 visa program to defraud more than 200 people told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday he was not concerned by claims the attorney may have used his money to trade securities.

  8. August 02, 2017

    Atty Tried To Pass Off EB-5 Investor Cash As Own: Lender

    A Chicago-based immigration attorney accused of defrauding EB-5 investors tried to pass off the investors' money as his own when he applied for loans to cover construction on the EB-5 projects, the loan company's principal told an Illinois federal judge Wednesday.

  9. August 01, 2017

    Lawyer Misused EB-5 Investor Money, Court Told

    A Chinese national persuaded to invest $500,000 into an EB-5 construction project testified in Illinois federal court Tuesday that an attorney accused of defrauding him and hundreds of other investors never mentioned that their money might be used for other things.

  10. July 28, 2017

    Investors Can't Join SEC's $89M EB-5 Scam Suit, Atty Argues

    An immigration attorney accused of stealing millions from foreign backers who'd been promised green cards in exchange for their investments urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to deny a request from three such investors to intervene in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit against him.