Champion-Cain

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Case No.: 3:19-cv-1628-LAB-AHG

COMMISSION,

REPORT AND

Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATION v. RECOMMENDING THE COURT

GRANT RECEIVER’S EX PARTE

GINA CHAMPION-CAIN AND ANI

APPLICATION AND FIND

DEVELOPMENT, LLC,

CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY IN

16 Defendants, and CIVIL CONTEMPT

AMERICAN NATIONAL [ECF NO. 15]

INVESTMENT, INC., Relief Defendant. 21 I. BACKGROUND On August 28, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brought this action against Defendants ANI Development, LLC (“ANI Development”) and Gina Champion-Cain and Relief Defendant American National Investments, Inc. (“ANI Inc.”). ECF No. 1. According to the Complaint, Defendants violated federal securities laws by engaging in a fraudulent investment scheme that involved inducing investors to place funds into escrow accounts for the purported…