# Federal Court in Utah Imposes over $44 Million in Sanctions against Robert Andres and His Company, Winsome Investment Trust, and Robert Holloway and His Company, US Ventures, for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation

> CFTC release 6950-14 · 2014-06-20 · **Fraud** · ENFORCEMENT

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 6950-14
- **Release date:** 2014-06-20
- **Type:** Fraud
- **Title:** Federal Court in Utah Imposes over $44 Million in Sanctions against Robert Andres and His Company, Winsome Investment Trust, and Robert Holloway and His Company, US Ventures, for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/6950-14

## 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 6950-14, "Federal Court in Utah Imposes over $44 Million in Sanctions against Robert Andres and His Company, Winsome Investment Trust, and Robert Holloway and His Company, US Ventures, for Commodity Pool Fraud and Misappropriation", 2014-06-20. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/6950-14.

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