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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Case No. 18-cv-06371-LB

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12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT KUANSHENG CHEN’S MOTION TO v. DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION JEAN DANHONG CHEN, et al., Re: ECF No. 61 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION In this lawsuit, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charges a scheme to violate U.S. securities laws by, among other acts, certain defendants’ acting unlawfully as brokers and receiving unlawful commissions, in connection with investment offerings under the federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, and then covering up the scheme.1 The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (”USCIS”) administers the EB-5 program, which allows foreign investors to invest at least $500,000 in USCIS-approved businesses, thereafter obtain a…