Legal Opinion
Ying Qing Lu v. Lezell
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 27, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-1815PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
“It is common knowledge that nothing is more alluring than the expectation of receiving large returns on small invest ments.” Durland v. United States, 161 U.S. 306, 313, 16 S.Ct. 508, 40 L.Ed. 709 (1896). So it was for Plaintiff Ying Qing Lu, who claims that Defendant Isam Ghosh bilked her out of $100,000 in 2003 and a quarter-million in 2005 with the promise of quick and outsized returns. Lu admits that she succumbed to the same temptation in 2008 in the transactions that precipitated this lawsuit: She alleges here that Ghosh…
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