Judge halts convention center project after lawsuit accuses developer of bilking Chinese investors
(MCT) — CHICAGO — A project to build a convention center near O’Hare International Airport has been stopped by a federal judge after a government lawsuit accused the developer of trying to bilk Chinese investors out of millions of dollars.
Anshoo Sethi’s plan to attract foreign investors for his Chicago Convention Center project was detailed in a Chicago Tribune article last July that laid out the promise and problems of the rapidly growing EB-5 visa program.
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