Lisa Rathke

August 17, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke Mountain ski resorts in northern Vermont, changed his plea to guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and the concealment of material information.

By Lisa Rathke

4 minute read

October 21, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Court-appointed receiver Michael Goldberg and an investment bank have been marketing Jay Peak for months.

By Lisa Rathke

3 minute read

May 22, 2019 | Daily Business Review

The grand jury indictment alleges defendants led by a Miami businessman conspired to embezzle EB-5 investors' funds and deceive investors about a project's number of jobs and ability to generate revenue.

By Lisa Rathke and Kathy McCormack

4 minute read

November 15, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A group of Chinese investors has filed a lawsuit against a businessman accused of massive fraud involving foreign investors' money in northern Vermont developments.

By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press

5 minute read

September 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A receiver overseeing two ski resorts at the center of a fraud investigation says a $13.3 million settlement with Citibank will subsidize operations at one of the resorts and a newly opened hotel at the other and pay contractors and vendors.

By Lisa Rathke

4 minute read

May 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Foreigners who had been banking on their investments in a biomedical research facility and a hotel and rental cottage project in northern Vermont to get green cards are scrambling to find a backup now that the project's developers are accused of misusing hundreds of millions of dollars of investors' money in what investigators called a "massive eight-year fraud scheme."

By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press

5 minute read

April 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A federal receiver appointed to oversee two Vermont ski resorts amid allegations of massive fraud says Jay Peak could close and Q Burke Mountain may not open without additional money.

By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press

5 minute read

April 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Sweeping development plans for a remote area of northern Vermont, a biomedical research plant, a hotel and conference center, an airport runway extension and big upgrades at two ski areas, brought the promise of jobs to a region that has some of the highest unemployment rates in the state.

By Lisa Rathke, Associated Press

11 minute read

July 18, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The proliferation of marijuana edibles for both medical and recreational purposes is giving rise to a cottage industry of baked goods, candies, infused oils, cookbooks and classes that promises a slow burn as more states legalize the practice and awareness spreads about the best ways to deliver the drug.

By Lisa Rathke

5 minute read

January 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

BURLINGTON, Vt. AP - Three men suing ConAgra Foods Inc. over frozen chicken they ate three years ago while in prison got their day in court Thursday.The chicken didn't.Christopher Butts, who says he was sickened by the bird, and Henry Butson and Corydon Cochran, who acknowledged they didn't become ill but are seeking emotional damages, brought the evidence in a brown paper bag to their civil trial Thursday in federal court.

By LISA RATHKE

3 minute read