Я думаю, что все "гешефты" происходят отсюда:
http://www.eb5florida.com/faq2.html
В частности, там есть такой момент:
What is an “accredited investor”?
To qualify as an investor for Regional Center investments you must be an accredited investor. In the U.S. an individual is considered to be an accredited investor if he or she has a net worth of at least USD $1 million or
has made at least $200,000 US dollars each year for the last two years ($300,000 with spouse if married) and has the expectation to make the same amount in the current year.
Там есть и другие варианты. По этой программе можно, например, купить себе избу за 200, вложить 100 в mutual funds и 200 вложить непостредственно "in a trouble business that has lost 20 percent of its net worth over the past 12 to 24 months". А засчитывается вся сумма, как вложенная в "targeted employment area," which is an area that has experience unemployment of at least 150 per cent of the national average rate or a rural area as designated by OMB.
Следующим требованием является:
- create full-time employment for not fewer than 10 qualified individuals;
or
- maintain the number of existing employees at no less than the pre-investment level for a period of at least two years, where the capital investment is being made in a "troubled business," which is a business that has been in existence for at least two years and that has lost 20 percent of its net worth over the past 12 to 24 months.
http://www.sturgeonaquafarms.com/eb5...FQiDDgodfAobyw
Мне кажется, я понял, как они действуют, формально ничего не нарушая.
И понял, откуда цифра 200 тыс. запомнилась мне.