A local volleyball club says one of its directors was using the company’s money as his personal piggy bank.
Law
SportsQuest facing foreclosure
Shaw Industries Group, the company that manufactured and financed the artificial turf at SportsQuest, is pushing to foreclose on 120 acres at the troubled Chesterfield sports complex.
Oil boom
Fueled by a new round of work on the BP oil spill settlement, Shockoe Bottom-based BrownGreer is hiring 800 people in 18 temporary offices in five states.
Another Norfolk developer charged in massive fraud
Eric Menden, a 53-year-old developer in downtown Norfolk, pleaded guilty Friday to a $41 million bank fraud and tax credit scheme that authorities say contributed to the failure of Bank of the Commonwealth.
Arrest made in $11 million tax credit scheme
Using lessons learned from Justin French’s infamous scheme, state and federal authorities have charged a Norfolk developer with an $11 million tax credit fraud.
SportsQuest founder scratches: Burton out as CEO
The founder of what was supposed to be an Olympic-caliber sports training facility in Chesterfield County is out as CEO after a year of mounting legal woes.
A big break for small businesses?
Richmond’s small businesses could be getting a little more spending money if Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) can get his way.
Don’t leave court without it
A lawsuit from American Express Travel is the latest legal issue for John Ross Greer and his Richmond-based luxury villa rental company.
Local businessman charged with grand larceny
John Ross Greer, a local businessman whose illegal dealings in precious metals made Richmond headlines in the 1980s, ran into the law again last week.
An unusual but optimistic request
New Kent Courthouse Village, a stalled $30 million mixed-use development modeled after a traditional English village, had its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection dismissed.