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SEC probing Kushner Cos use of wealthy investor visas

By REUTERS

JANUARY 6, 2018 23:25

The real estate company of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for its use of a federal program that grants visas to wealthy foreigners investing in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Kushner Cos was asked by the SEC for information on its use of the visa program, known as EB-5, in May 2017, according to a person the Journal said was familiar with the matter.

The EB-5 visa is a method for eligible immigrants to become lawful permanent residents, or "green card" holders, by investing at least $500,000 into a business in the United States that will employ 10 or more American workers. Most holders are wealthy Chinese individuals.

The Journal said the company also received a separate request from New York federal prosecutors in the same month for information on development projects financed in part by the EB-5 program.

Kushner, the White House and New York prosecutors did not reply to requests for comment from Reuters. The SEC could not be reached for comment.

"As we said months ago, we are cooperating with all government requests for information about our past legal use of the EB-5 program," a Kushner Cos representative said in a statement to Reuters.

The exact subject of the SEC’s inquiry, or whether it identified particular projects, is not clear, the Journal reported.

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