November 19, 2015

Posted January 28, 2016

The SEC obtained a court order freezing the assets of Lin Zhong and her company EB5 Asset Manager LLC. The SEC alleges that Zhong and EB5 raised at least $8.5 million for use in job-creating real estate development projects, but they diverted nearly $1 million to purchase a boat, a BMW, and a Mercedes among other improper personal uses of investor funds. SEC