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From the Editor: Paying VTDigger forward
Author: Anne Galloway
Anne Galloway is the founder and editor-at-large of VTDigger. Galloway founded VTDigger in 2009 after she was laid off from her position as Sunday editor of the Rutland Herald and Times Argus. VTDigger has grown from a $16,000 a year nonprofit with no employees to a $2.8 million nonprofit daily news operation with a staff of 32. In 2017, Galloway was a finalist for the Ancil Payne Award for Ethics, the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors FOIA Award for her investigation into allegations of foreign investor fraud at Jay Peak Resort.
Shumlin argued over escrow accounts to protect investors, former DFR commissioner says
As questions were raised about a missing $40 million and self-dealing at AnC Bio, the project was reinstated, Susan Donegan said in federal court.
‘I got lost along the way’: Stenger sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in EB-5 fraud
Judge Geoffrey Crawford handed down the sentence Thursday in federal court in Burlington. He also ordered Stenger, the former president of Jay Peak Resort, to pay restitution of $250,000.
Former Shumlin chief of staff sought to limit state probe of EB-5 fraud, Stenger's lawyers argue
Attorneys for the former Jay Peak president say Liz Miller urged the Department of Financial Regulation to back off "a carte blanche review" of personal bank accounts of the developers of AnC Bio Vermont. She disputes that contention.
‘Just between you and me’: FBI records reveal an EB-5 fraudster’s direct line to Gov. Peter Shumlin
Shumlin took gifts, campaign contributions and apartment stays from Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros while he helped the Miami developer troubleshoot problems, the records show. A top regulator threatened to resign from Shumlin’s cabinet if he failed to protect investors.
Judge: FBI interviews of Shumlin administration in EB-5 fraud case must be unsealed
The ruling will provide public access to summaries of interviews with the former governor, his top staffers and others who were responsible for overseeing the development projects at Jay Peak Resort and other Northeast Kingdom properties owned by the Miami developer Ariel Quiros.
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Letter from the Editor: Thanksgiving isn't just about the food
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‘Aided and abetted’: Newly unsealed records show state feared its own culpability in EB-5 fraud
Roughly 600 pages of records unsealed in federal court last week provide new details about the lengths to which Vermont state officials went in concealing the Northeast Kingdom fraud from investors, the public and the press.
Court records point to state cover-up in EB-5 fraud at Burke Mountain Resort
The Shumlin administration misled investors and federal agencies in a push to finish the Burke hotel, according to a new filing in federal court.
Lawsuit alleges Shumlin administration perpetuated EB-5 fraud
State regulators and the Vermont Attorney General's Office hid the fraud from investors and the public for 13 months before the SEC shut down the Jay Peak projects, according to a suit filed in federal court this week.
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