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Posts tagged as “Richard Benda”

Second Benda-Bollen Bill Lets Governor Permit Conflicts of Interest

Members of the Government Operations and Audit Committee have brought forward two bills that appear to target the gross conflicts of interest in South Dakota's EB-5 visa investment program. GOAC only glancingly acknowledged these violations of state law and policy…

Gutless, Incurious Legislators Blame Dead Benda for EB-5 Trouble

Senator Larry Tidemann, Chair Senator Phyllis Heineman Senator Jean Hunhoff Senator Blake Curd Senator Larry Lucas Representative Dan Dryden, Vice Chair Representative Melissa Magstadt Representative Justin Cronin Representative Mark Mickelson Representative Susan Wismer These ten South Dakota legislators, the current…

Jackley Didn’t Talk to Bollen in EB-5/GOED Investigation

In March 2013, South Dakota officials received eight subpoenas from federal officials seeking information about the state's use of the EB-5 visa investment program. Two men central to that EB-5 program were former Governor's Office of Economic Development secretary and…

Did February 2009 Litigation Hold Order Prevent Deletion of Benda E-mails?

Lawyers for Mike Rounds, Dennis Daugaard, and other subjects of Jeff Barth's legal action to stop destruction of EB-5 records filed their responses this week. The defendants contend that Minnehaha County Commissioner Barth has no standing, there are no records,…