# Federal Court Orders Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC,  John M. Marshall, Stephen Z. Adams and Other Companies to Pay More than $15.8 Million for Defrauding Pool Participants and Misappropriating Millions of Dollars in a Commodity Pool Scheme

> CFTC release 6003-11 · 2011-03-17 · **Commodity pool fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 6003-11
- **Release date:** 2011-03-17
- **Type:** Commodity pool fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court Orders Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC,  John M. Marshall, Stephen Z. Adams and Other Companies to Pay More than $15.8 Million for Defrauding Pool Participants and Misappropriating Millions of Dollars in a Commodity Pool Scheme
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6003-11

## What this is

CFTC enforcement actions cover derivatives + commodities + crypto fraud cases. The Commission charges market participants under the Commodity Exchange Act for spoofing, manipulation, fraud, wash trades, registration violations, and pool-operator misconduct. Most actions settle with restitution + civil money penalty + a bar/suspension.


## Citation

> US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, press release 6003-11, "Federal Court Orders Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC,  John M. Marshall, Stephen Z. Adams and Other Companies to Pay More than $15.8 Million for Defrauding Pool Participants and Misappropriating Millions of Dollars in a Commodity Pool Scheme", 2011-03-17. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/6003-11.

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