Joop Bollen’s response to the state’s effort to hang him for the corruption of South Dakota’s EB-5 program draws Maurice Berez back into the public spotlight.…
Tag: EB-5
My reporter friends at the Aberdeen American News labor under strict prohibitions on political activity, like not being able to sign petitions. Yet their statewide political reporter (whom…
Senator Mike Rounds may be afraid to lobby to save South Dakota’s access to the EB-5 visa investment program that went corrupt on his watch, but the State of South Dakota is fighting…
Senator Mike Rounds talked to reporters yesterday about the corruption of the EB-5 program that began under his watch as Governor and that has destroyed South Dakota’s credibility…
Bob Mercer did fine work over the weekend summarizing the main findings in the 18-page letter USCIS sent the Governor’s Office of Economic Development on September…
For your Tuesday enjoyment, read the complaint filed by the State of South Dakota against SDRC, Inc., the corporation created by Joop Bollen of Aberdeen in…
Remember how House Majority Leader Rep. Brian Gosch (R-32/Rapid City) said this week that South Dakota doesn’t need an ethics commission because the Legislature had thoroughly investigated the…
John Tsitrian is rightly disappointed with Brendan Johnson. Our former U.S. Attorney spoke Friday to the Black Hills Forum and Press Club in Rapid City. Like many…
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa has raised security concerns (concerns affirmed by the Department of Homeland Security) about the EB-5 visa investment program and the mostly private “regional…
AP reports that the FBI has closed its investigation of South Dakota’s shady EB-5 program. U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler reviewed the evidence and decided not to press charges.…