Judge rejects another bid by Ariel Quiros to shorten his prison sentence in EB-5 fraud scandal

Ariel Quiros leaves U.S. District Court in Burlington after being sentenced to five years for his role in the EB-5 fraud case on April 29, 2022. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
A bid by former Jay Peak Resort owner Ariel Quiros seeking to reduce his five-year prison sentence in the largest fraud case in Vermont’s history has been denied for a second time.Judge Geoffrey Crawford, who sentenced Quiros in April 2022 for his role in the EB-5 scandal that rocked the state, issued a ruling