East Asian investors accuse Chinese family of running EB-5 scam

Investors from China, Japan, and Korea have accused Zhong “Johnson” Fang and his family of numerous fraud charges. Fang, who runs California Investment Regional Center, is alleged to be falsely advertising himself as a developer with over $300 million in Chinese assets who guarantees the return of investment capital. The EB5 green card investors claim that after providing their funds they were refused access to project documents. The two Hawaii projects are unbuilt.