Montpelier
A federal judge in Florida must approve the settlement. An approval hearing is scheduled for Oct. 20 in Miami.
Bill Stenger, Jay Peak’s former president, announced last week that he had reached a settlement with the SEC that sets up a framework to resolve the SEC case against him. In his Sept. 1 statement he said he had not admitted nor denied the SEC’s allegations.
Receiver Michael Goldberg said last week that Stenger is no longer an employee of Jay Peak.
Goldberg said Citibank in March extended a $15 million personal line of credit to Ariel Quiros, owner of the Jay Peak and Burke Mountain resorts, who used collateral accounts to secure it and improperly diverted investor funds from those accounts.
Citibank, the banking unit of New York-based Citigroup Inc., has not admitted wrongdoing. It said Quiros had not paid back the line of credit.
The settlement would bar anyone such as creditors or investors involved with the Jay Peak case from suing or making claims against Citibank.
The money would be used to keep Jay Peak and the Burke hotel fully operational until they are sold and to pay some of the claims from vendors and contractors who worked on the hotel and various developments, Goldberg said. About $3.5 million was still owed to the contractor and subcontractors who worked on the hotel, outgoing Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development secretary Patricia Moulton said last week.
The settlement also will be used to pay for Goldberg’s services and set aside a contingency fund for operations of Jay Peak and the Burke hotel.
