Federal prosecutors asked a Miami judge Thursday to halt proceedings in a $260 million legal malpractice lawsuit against a Los Angeles firm and a New York partner who worked on what turned out to be an EB-5 visa fraud because it could interfere with an active grand jury investigation.

In a nine-page filing, Robert Zink, chief of the Justice Department’s criminal fraud section in Washington, said the previously undisclosed investigation is separate from the criminal prosecution of Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros of Miami, Quiros adviser William Kelly and former Jay Peak CEO William Stenger.

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