September 9, 2017 by EB-5 Blog
When the SEC files a complaint, it’s easy for the public to just assume that the defendant is guilty as charged and there won’t be any more to the story but determining punishment. Even worse, USCIS tends to assume this and has been known to deny and revoke investor petitions and terminate regional centers before the SEC cases are concluded. We all need to remember that sometimes the defendant might have a compelling other side of the story, and might not be found guilty.
The district court judge overseeing a recent EB-5 case filed by the SEC just found that the SEC “in numerous instances has not presented fully developed arguments to show why defendants’ actions violated securities laws.” The judge’s memorandum opinion, which considers the defendants’ side of the story, is linked at the end of the article Senior living developer avoids EB-5 ban, receivership (September 7, 2017). For the SEC’s version of events see SEC v. Seyed Taher Kameli, et al., Civil Action No. 17-cv-04686 (June 22, 2017). The article
SEC Suffers One of its First Major Losses in EB-5 Realm (September 12, 2017) summarizes the issues.
Original source of the article is EB-5 Blog.
Read the judge’s memorandum opinion and order.
Mentions:
Seyed Taher Kameli
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
