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TABLE OF CONTENTSI.INTRODUCTION
............................................1
II.JURISDICTION AND VENUE
.................................3
III. THE PARTIES
..............................................4A.PLAINTIFFS...........................................4B.DEFENDANTS.........................................5C.AGENCY, CONSPIRACY, AND AIDING AND ABETTING......6D.UNNAMED PARTICIPANTS..............................6E.DOE DEFENDANTS.....................................7
IV. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
...................................7A.KINDE DURKEE & DURKEE & ASSOCIATES WERE TRUSTEDAND WELL-REGARDED.................................7B.DURKEE’S WORK FOR THE FEINSTEIN COMMITTEES......8C.DURKEE’S THEFT FROM THE FEINSTEIN COMMITTEES...10D.FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK HAD KNOWLEDGE OF DURKEE’SSCHEME AND KNOWINGLY PROVIDED SUBSTANTIALASSISTANCE......................................161.First California Bank Intentionally Ignored Multiple Red Flagsand Had Knowledge of the Fraud......................162.First California Bank Violated Office of Controller Guidelines For Check-Kiting Detection.................253.First California Bank Violated Federal Financial InstitutionsExamination Council’s Guidelines by Intentionally Failing toReport DURKEE or Halt Her Activities.................274.First California Failed to Follow Its Own InternalOperations Manuals and Shielded DURKEE’s Activities fromthe California Department of Financial Institutions.........295.First California Violated Its Own Terms and Conditions for Business Accounts.................................31E.FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK ACKNOWLEDGES THATDURKEE MISAPPROPRIATED AND CO-MINGLED FUNDS,YET REFUSES TO GIVE DURKEE CLIENTS ACCESS TOTHEIR OWN FUNDS...................................33
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VII.CAUSES OF ACTION
.......................................34FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
FRAUD AND DECEIT
(As Against Defendants DURKEE, D&A, FORGY, LEMCKE,and DOES 1-10).............................................34SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
CONVERSION
(As Against Defendants DURKEE, D&A, FORGY, LEMCKE,and DOES 1-10).............................................35THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
BREACH OF CONTRACT
(As Against Defendants DURKEE, D&A, FORGY, LEMCKE,and DOES 1-5)..............................................36FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
BREACH OF THE IMPLIED COVENANT OFGOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING
(As Against Defendants DURKEE, D&A, FORGY, LEMCKE,and DOES 1-5)..............................................37FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
AIDING AND ABETTING FRAUD
(As Against Defendants FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK and DOES 5-10).............................................38SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION
AIDING AND ABETTING CONVERSION
(As Against Defendants FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK and DOES 5-10).............................................39SEVENTH CAUSE OF ACTION
VIOLATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE§§ 17200
et seq
. UNLAWFUL, FRAUDULENT, AND UNFAIR BUSINESS ACTS AND PRACTICES
(As Against All Defendants)....................................41EIGHTH CAUSE OF ACTION
DECLARATORY RELIEF
(As Against FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK and DOES 5-10)...........42
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
...........................................43
JURY DEMAND
.................................................45
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