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CaseNo: SOCVAFS186147, CourtCode: SU, CourtName: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, State: CA California, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>SOCVAFS186147, Aurora, California, Artemis, Complaint, Election, Intervene, Maaf Vie, Altus, Insurance Business, Nclh, Government Code, Credit Lyonnais, Commissioner, Junk Bond Portfolio, Subdivision, Omnium Geneve, Artemis Finance, Rehabilitation Court, Agreements, Maaf Syndicate, Altus/maaf Bid, Artemis America, Secret Agreements, Applications, Misrepresentations, False Claims, Relevant Times, Commercial Carrier , ContentID: 120250215

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1 1999-02-18 COMPLAINT
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
CALIFORNIA
ARTEMIS
COMPLAINT
ELECTION
INTERVENE
MAAF VIE
ALTUS
INSURANCE BUSINESS
DEFENDANTS
NCLH
GOVERNMENT CODE
CREDIT LYONNAIS
COMMISSIONER
PLAINTIFF
JUNK BOND PORTFOLIO
SUBDIVISION
OMNIUM GENEVE
ARTEMIS FINANCE
REHABILITATION COURT
AGREEMENTS
MAAF SYNDICATE
ALTUS/MAAF BID
ARTEMIS AMERICA
SECRET AGREEMENTS
APPLICATIONS
MISREPRESENTATIONS
FALSE CLAIMS
RELEVANT TIMES
COMMERCIAL CARRIER
 1 BILL LOCKYER
      Attorney General of the State of California
 2 CHRISTOPHER AMES
      Senior Assistant Attorney General
 3 BRIAN TAUGHER (State Bar No. 54671)
      Deputy Attorney General
 4 PAULINE GEE (State Bar No. 74447)
      Deputy Attorney General
 5 RANDY BARROW (State Bar No. 111290)
      Deputy Attorney General
 6 P.O. Box 944255
      Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
 7 Attorneys for Plaintiff State of California

 8                                    SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

 9                                       COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

10 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. RoNo,                               Case No. 301344
11 LLC,                                                             COMPLAINT OF ATTORNEY
12                                               Plaintiff,         GENERAL ON ELECTION TO
                     v.                                             INTERVENE UNDER GOV. CODE
13                                                                  12652 FOR VIOLATION OF THE
      ALTUS FINANCE S.A.;  CDR                                      FALSE CLAIMS ACT (Gov. Code
14 ENTERPRISES;  CONSORTIUM DE                                      12650 et seq.), UNFAIR
      REALISATION S.A.;  MAAF                                       (Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et
15 ASSURANCES;  MAAF VIE S.A.; OMNIUM                               CIVIL RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1961 et
      GENEVE S.A.;  CREDIT LYONNAIS S.A.;                           AND ACCOUNTING
16 AURORA NATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE
      COMPANY;  NEW CALIFORNIA LIFE
17 HOLDINGS, INC.;  ARTEMIS S.A.;
      ARTEMIS FINANCE S.N.C.; AURORA
18 S.A.; ARTEMIS AMERICA PARTNERSHIP;
      FRANCOIS PINAULT;  and DOES 1 to 100,
19                                            Defendants.
20

21            Plaintiff State of California ("State"), alleges:

22                                                 INTRODUCTION

23            1.    This action arises under the California False Claims Act, Government Code

24 12650 et seq.  It was originally commenced on February 18, 1999, by plaintiff RoNo, LLC, as a qui

25 tam plaintiff pursuant to Government Code section 12652, subdivision (c)(1).  This complaint by

26 Attorney General is filed pursuant to a notice of election to intervene and proceed with the

SNIPPETS:
  • Attorneys for Plaintiff State of California
  • INC.; ARTEMIS S.A.; ARTEMIS FINANCE S.N.C.; AURORA
  • 25 tam plaintiff pursuant to Government Code section 12652, subdivision.
  • Complaint of Attorney General on Election to Intervene under Gov.
  • the Commissioner of Insurance for the State of California acting is his official
  • Credit Lyonnais and Altus
  • 12 insurance company to take over ELIC's insurance business.
  • 25 Credit Lyonnais and was doing business in California.
  • Defendants CDR Enterprises and Consortium De
  • At all relevant times, Credit Lyonnais was doing business in California and the majority
  • 18 MAAF Vie responsible for their general management.
  • Aurora S.A. is owned by defendants Artemis and Artemis Finance.
  • under the laws of Delaware and is the continuation of Artemis America LLC,
  • The majority owner of NCLH is defendant Aurora S.A..
  • 18 in part, by defendants MAAF Vie, Omnium Geneve, and Artemis.
  • 26 his staff and false and deceptive applications filed with the California Department of
  • A federal law was enacted requiring savings and loans to sell their junk bond portfolio
  • 20 ("Rehabilitation Court") to initiate a conservatorship for ELIC's rehabilitation or
  • made arrangements for the following entities to participate as part of the MAAF syndicate:
  • 13 that conspiracy, MAAF, for itself and MAAF Vie, entered into certain secret agreements
  • time the Altus/MAAF bid proposal was submitted to the Commissioner.
  • 12 by U.S. mail or other private or commercial carrier in which they falsely stated that
  • knew of the contrats de portage and of the misrepresentations that had been made to plaintiff.
  • 13 containing the misrepresentations in the form of faxes in furtherance of the false claims
  • 26 Those documents again failed to disclose the existence of the secret agreements involving
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