Berd v. De Bastos

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA Madjid Berd, et. al., ) Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING IN PART ) MOTION TO COMPEL AND ORDER VS. ) TO ANSWER Paul De Bastos and Paul Real Estate, Inc., ) Case No. 1:16-cv-339 Defendants. 1. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs filed this action in the wake of proceedings filed against North Dakota Developments, LLC (“NDD”), Robert Gavin, Daniel Hogan, and several “relief defendants” by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that NDD, Gavin, and Hogan had fraudulently raised more than $62 million from investors through…