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China high court cracks down on illegal fundraising, said to be warning to EB-5 marketers

It's not exactly clear how it applies to marketing of EB-5 investment projects like the one involving Atlantic Yards, but a new legal interpretation (translation, shorter version) by the Supreme People's Court of China should be considered a warning for EB-5 marketers, according to consultant Brian Su:
The detailed legal interpretation specifically target various illegal fundraising and PE [private equity] activities conducted by various unlicensed and unregistered agents without proper licence, including brokers and entities from foreign countries. It also addresses the issues of misinformation, mis-representation, and misuse of public media to illegally attract investors in China. The interpretation will have great implications and impacts on EB-5 regional center that are seeking Chinese investments through marketing activities in China.
Some of the provisions in the interpretation involve blatant fraud, such as promising a refund. It's unclear to me whether and how it extends to projects, for example, where investors are told they're investing in an arena that's already funded.

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