San Diego Ponzi schemer scammed developers, investors and friends - The San Diego Union-Tribune

A newbie restaurateur, Champion-Cain struggles to build a hospitality empire. But as expenses and debt mount, she masterminds an even bigger enterprise that for eight years was San Diego's best kept secret. Now she's in prison, and her victims still are out millions of dollars.

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