Ariel Quiros (L) and William Stenger at a 2012 news conference (Robin Smith/Caledonian-Record via AP Images, File)

Biotech fraud in ski town saga winds down as ex-pres­i­dent sen­tenced to 18 months in prison

The for­mer pres­i­dent of the Jay Peak re­sort, a ski re­sort in north­ern Ver­mont and on­ly a stone’s throw away from the Cana­di­an bor­der, has been sen­tenced 8 months af­ter plead­ing guilty.

Bill Stenger, who had been pres­i­dent of the re­sort for more than 3 decades, was pros­e­cut­ed over the last two years for his role in con­ning in­vestors out of mil­lions based on fake plans for a mas­sive bio­med­ical fa­cil­i­ty in New­port, VT, about 20 miles from the fa­mous ski re­sort.

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