Feng et al v. Walsh et al

  1. March 08, 2022

    Fla. Judge Axes EB-5 Suit Over Miami Beach Project

    A Florida judge permanently shelved claims that the developers of a Miami Beach hotel defrauded foreign investors out of millions and cost them their chance to immigrate to the U.S., saying the lawsuit was faulty despite two chances to fix it.

  2. January 26, 2022

    Chinese Investors Fight Proposed Axing Of EB-5 Fraud Suit

    A group of Chinese investors has urged a Florida district court to reject a magistrate's recommendation to permanently toss the investors' allegations that the developers of a Miami Beach hotel helped defraud them of millions they thought they were contributing to the project as part of a federal investment visa program.

  3. April 01, 2021

    EB-5 Fraud Suit Tied To Failed Hotel Sees Key Settlement

    A Florida federal judge has approved a settlement between a group of Chinese investors and a man they say aided a fraud scheme that duped them into investing in a failed hotel with the hopes of securing EB-5 visas, with the man poised to assist the litigants in exchange for claims against him being dropped.

  4. March 22, 2021

    Defendant Cuts Deal With Investors In EB-5 Fla. Hotel Fraud Suit

    Chinese investors have convinced a defendant in their EB-5 fraud lawsuit to help them pursue claims against the builders of a since-shuttered Miami hotel in exchange for the dismissal of all claims against him, according to a settlement agreement filed in Florida federal court Monday.

  5. December 04, 2020

    PNC Bank Settles With EB-5 Investors In Fla. Hotel Fraud Suit

    PNC Bank has reached a settlement with a group of Chinese investors who claimed it conspired with a developer to defraud them of millions of dollars they collectively provided to back a now-shuttered Miami Beach hotel with the hopes of securing immigration visas.

  6. September 14, 2020

    Magistrate Pans EB-5 Fraud Case Against PNC, Fla. Hotel

    A group of Chinese investors who claim they were defrauded of investments they made in a now-shuttered Miami Beach hotel with the hopes of securing immigration visas said they remain undeterred despite a Florida federal judge's recommendation Monday for the dismissal of their claims against PNC Bank and developers.

  7. June 17, 2020

    PNC, Fla. Hotel Developers Seek Exit From EB-5 Fraud Suit

    PNC Bank and developers of a now-shuttered Miami Beach hotel asked a judge on Wednesday to let them out of a fraud suit by Chinese investors, arguing the investors had failed to tie the bank and the hotel to an alleged scheme to embezzle their EB-5 visa investment money.

  8. February 07, 2020

    Investors Say Hotel Developers Can't Shake EB-5 Fraud Suit

    Chinese investors claiming they were duped into sinking $500,000 apiece into a Florida hotel development project through the EB-5 visa program said the companies behind the project can't shake their fraud suit.

  9. January 16, 2020

    Investors Say PNC Was 'Intimately Involved' In EB-5 Fraud

    A group of Chinese investors asked a Florida federal judge on Wednesday not to let PNC Bank walk away from a lawsuit accusing it of being "intimately involved" in a fraud scheme that misappropriated the investors' funds by hijacking the EB-5 visa program.

  10. January 02, 2020

    Developers Want Out Of EB-5 Fraud Claims Over Fla. Hotel

    A group of companies behind a Miami hotel project urged a Florida federal judge Thursday to shield them from allegations that they helped scam Chinese investors and dashed their chances of winning a green card through the EB-5 visa program.