Vaswani

Filed 10/7/14 Vaswani v. Sariaslani CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

AMIT VASWANI et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,

A138321

v. BOBBY SARIASLANI et al., (Sonoma County Super. Ct. No. SCV248606) Defendants and Appellants.

Plaintiffs Amit Vaswani and Vantage Champions Finance Limited sued defendants Bobby Sariaslani and Global Financing Online LLC, seeking to recover monetary losses arising from a failed financial transaction. In pertinent part, plaintiffs alleged Sariaslani’s false representations induced plaintiffs to pay defendants a commission and to invest money in an investment firm operating in the nature of a Ponzi scheme. After a trial, the jury gave inconsistent responses to the special verdict question, asking “Did…