Lin Li, a Chinese citizen, has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, on October 20, 2025, against her sister Vivian Fang Li and several associated entities. The complaint alleges multiple causes of action including quiet title, specific performance, accounting, rescission, and fraud. The case revolves around disputes over properties in California and New York and investments in a winery.
The plaintiff Lin Li and her company ADV Property LLC have brought this suit against defendants Vivian Fang Li (also known as Fang Li Scully), Sina & L Property LLC—a New York limited liability company—and Gold Mountain Winery Inc., among others. Lin claims that she is the rightful owner of a property located at 19503 Stevens Creek Blvd Suite 203 in Cupertino, California. She purchased this property in 2006 but due to residency restrictions could not hold the mortgage herself. Her sister Fang applied for the mortgage instead with an agreement that she would hold the title on Lin’s behalf while Lin reimbursed her for all mortgage payments. This arrangement continued until January 2025 when Lin demanded the transfer of title back to her name—a demand that was ignored by Fang.
In another contentious issue involving a condominium at 138 East 50th Street Apt 26C in New York City, Lin asserts that she contributed $1.3 million towards its purchase price while Fang contributed $800,000. Although initially held under ADV Property LLC’s name (controlled by Lin), it was later transferred to Sina & L Property LLC under dubious advice from Fang’s attorney Oliver Zhou—allegedly to save on taxes but without any substantive change in ownership interest for Lin. Despite contributing significantly more towards its purchase and paying property taxes from January 2021 through September 2023, Lin has not received any rental income accounting from Fang who manages the property.
Additionally troubling are investments made by Lin into Gold Mountain Winery Inc., solicited by Fang who promised stock certificates and dividends which never materialized. Despite investing $850,000 into purchasing wineries under Gold Mountain’s banner back in September 2010 based on these assurances from her sister acting as CFO at the time—no financial returns or official shareholder documentation have been provided since then.
Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgments affirming their ownership rights over both disputed properties along with orders compelling specific performance regarding titles’ transfers where applicable; comprehensive accountings related to all involved real estate transactions; rescission of investment contracts with Gold Mountain Winery accompanied by full refunds plus interest; compensatory damages estimated at no less than $1 million alongside punitive damages; legal fees recovery; prejudgment/post-judgment interests—and other relief deemed appropriate by court discretion.
Representing plaintiffs are attorneys Woody Wu (SBN:309317) and Airene Williamson (SBN:277101) from SAC Attorneys LLP based out of San Jose California while Judge A Hernandez oversees proceedings under Case ID:25CV478062.
Source: 25CV478062_LLC_California_v_Vivian_Fang_Complaint_County_of_Santa_Clara_California.pdf
