Historic fraud led to Jay Peak’s auction. How will the resort's sale impact Vermont?

By Connor Cyrus,

Published September 13, 2022 at 4:45 PM EDT

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After an historic fraud sent the Jay Peak resort into federal receivership in 2016, a Utah-based ski conglomerate has bid $76 million for it. This hour, we'll put that fraud into context and ask the resort's president about the sale.

Live call-in discussion: A Utah ski conglomerate has bid $76 million for the Northeast Kingdom ski resort Jay Peak. This hour, host Connor Cyrus speaks with a reporter about the historic fraud that put the ski resort into receivership and with its president about what the sale means for hundreds of employees.

Our guests are:

Liam Elder-Connors, a reporter at Vermont Public who's followed the EB-5 fraud for years
Steven Wright, president and general manager of Jay Peak Resort

Broadcast live at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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