Judge refuses bid to put state-run EB-5 center in receivership

Megan Shafritz (right), chief of the civil litigation division of the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, argues on behalf of the state in Vermont Superior Court in Hyde Park on Monday, saying that Vermont is immune from liability for what happened in the EB-5 program and investment in Jay Peak. Pool photo by Ryan Mercer/Burlington Free PressA Vermont judge has rejected a bid by a group of investors to put the Vermont EB-5 Regional Center under receivership.Judge Thomas Carlson wrote that t