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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, DISCOVERY ORDER 13 v. Re: ECF No. 194 14 JEAN DANHONG CHEN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 In this lawsuit, the SEC charges a scheme by the defendants to violate U.S. securities laws by, among other acts, 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 two-year “conditional permanent residency” visa, and (if at least ten U.S. jobs are created) obtain permanent residency.2 Often, the investments are made through an investment vehicle such as a limited partnership or a limited liability company (offered through 25…