The United States Attorney s Office announced that today William Kelly, of Weston, Florida, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford in United States District Court in Rutland to two felony charges in connection with his involvement in the Jay Peak Biomedical Research Park EB-5 investment project, also called the AnC Vermont project.
Kelly pleaded guilty to conspiring with co-defendants Ariel Quiros, Jong Weon (Alex) Choi, and William Stenger in a multi-year wire fraud scheme to defraud immigrant investors seeking green cards through the EB-5 program. He also pleaded guilty to concealing material facts in a matter within the jurisdiction of a federal agency, namely United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which oversaw the EB-5 program.
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Biden nominates former U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite to lead DOJ criminal unit U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite By Chris Finch | April 12, 2021 at 3:50 PM CDT - Updated April 12 at 3:50 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVUE) - Former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Kenneth Polite has been nominated to lead the Department of Justiceâs Criminal Division, the White House announced.
Polite is a New Orleans native who served as the top federal prosecutor in the city from 2013-2017 under the President Barack Obama administration.
Polite has also served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he focused on prosecuting public corruption and organized crime.
A Santa Clarita Valley man pleaded guilty today to perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $1.8 million in COVID-19 relief guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
The case is the result of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles’ El Camino Real Financial Crimes Task Force and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
According to court documents, Hassan Kanyike, 29, of Santa Clarita, admitted that he submitted six fraudulent PPP loan applications and two fraudulent EIDL applications. The applications sought funds to purportedly pay the salaries of employees whom he claimed worked for two of his businesses. Kanyike successfully obtained approximately $1 million through four PPP loans, and another $300,000 through two EIDL loans.