Defense attorneys for the former Jay Peak president have asked a federal judge to reconsider a $250,000 restitution payment in light of new information allegedly withheld by the Vermont attorney general’s office.
The former president of Jay Peak Resort said in a court filing this week that he was an “unknowing pawn” as the state “covered up” a $200 million fraud in the EB-5 scandal that sent him and two others to federal prison.In a six-page affidavit, Bill.
The former president and CEO of Jay Peak took aim at state officials in a court filing for failed oversight in the largest fraud case in Vermont’s history. Former Gov. Peter Shumlin called it “a classic example” of blame-shifting.
A federal judge has rejected former Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros’ bid to have his five-year prison sentence reduced in the largest fraud case in Vermont history.In his ruling Monday, Judge Geoffrey Crawford wrote that he did not have the power to cut.
In his letter from behind bars, Jay Peak’s former owner wrote that he was “begging” the judge for mercy, citing, in part, health problems facing him and his wife. He said his cooperation with prosecutors did not receive proper consideration.