S.E.C. v. FIRST CHOICE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.

No. 12-3308.

709 F.3d 685 (2013)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. FIRST CHOICE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants. SonCo Holdings, LLC, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Joseph D. Bradley, Receiver, and Alco Oil & Gas Co., LLC, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Kerstetter , Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Shawn F. Sullivan (argued), Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Defendants.

J. Michael Katz (argued), Attorney, Goodman Katz & Scheele, Highland, IN, for Appellee, Alco Oil & Gas Co., LLC.

Joseph D. Bradley , Shawn F. Sullivan (argued), Attorneys, South Bend, IN, for Appellee, Joseph D. Bradley.

J. Thomas Vetne (argued), Jacqueline S. Homann , Attorneys, Jones Obenchain, South Bend, IN, for Intervenor-Appellant.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is a sequel to an appeal in the same case that we decided last year. 678 F.3d 538 (7th Cir.2012). The case had begun in 2000 as a suit by the SEC charging First Choice and others with fraud in violation of federal securities law. The district court had appointed a receiver to take charge of the defendants' assets and distribute them among the victims of the $31 million fraud. The receiver went hunting...

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