Champion-Cain
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Champion-Cain
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Case No. 3:19-cv-01628-LAB-AHG COMMISSION,
ORDER CONDITIONALLY
Plaintiff, GRANTING RENEWED MOTION
FOR AUTHORITY TO PURSUE
v. CLAIMS AGAINST CHICAGO TITLE [Dkt. 703] GINA CHAMPION-CAIN and ANI
DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
15 Defendants,
AMERICAN NATIONAL
INVESTMENTS, INC.,
Relief Defendant.
19 The Securities and Exchange Commission brought this action against Defendant ANI Development, LLC and Gina Champion-Cain (“Cain”), the CEO of ANI Development’s parent, Relief Defendant American National Investments, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). The SEC alleged that ANI Development sold fraudulent investment products and asked that the Court require Defendants to disgorge the fruits of this scheme. To this end, the Court appointed Krista Freitag as permanent receiver (the “Receiver”) for ANI Development, American National Investments, and their subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively,…