Debate continues over what state officials knew when about the alleged EB-5 fraud in the Northeast Kingdom. Four guests join us today to discuss the situation.
We'll hear an update from independent investigative reporter on the latest details of new information that has come to light.
, the commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation, then provides his perspective on the controversy and how the timeline of the investigation unfolded.
Later in the program, we'll be joined by Vermont state auditor . He says that the EB-5 scandal also demonstrates problems with how the state gauges the effectiveness of many of its economic development programs and that fuzzy data at the heart of the programs make their benefits nearly impossible to assess in any systematic way.
We'll then hear from , Secretary of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, to respond to Hoffer's concerns.
Correction 12:29 p.m. A previous version of this post misspelled Mike Pieciak's name. It has been corrected.
Broadcast live on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
